1
: somewhat gray
2
of a color
: low in saturation
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Examples of grayish in a Sentence
the black stallion and white mare produced a grayish filly
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The Bradford pear tree is a medium-sized tree that reaches a height of up to 60 feet with bark that is a muted, grayish brown which splits into scales with age.
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Mariyam Muhammad, The Enquirer, 16 Sep. 2024
His beautiful blond figures have bright-blue eyes, but no warmth; their grayish skin looks corpse-like.
—Emily Watlington, ARTnews.com, 10 Sep. 2024
Read more Among the displays of quartz, igneous rocks, and fossils at St. Xavier’s College in Mumbai sits a cylindrical, grayish lump.
—Byvaishnavi Chandrashekhar, science.org, 5 Sep. 2024
The Pixel Watch 3 adds another option to the mix: matte hazel, which seems more grayish than greenish.
—PCMAG, 13 Aug. 2024
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Mariyam Muhammad, The Enquirer, 16 Sep. 2024
His beautiful blond figures have bright-blue eyes, but no warmth; their grayish skin looks corpse-like.
—Emily Watlington, ARTnews.com, 10 Sep. 2024
Read more Among the displays of quartz, igneous rocks, and fossils at St. Xavier’s College in Mumbai sits a cylindrical, grayish lump.
—Byvaishnavi Chandrashekhar, science.org, 5 Sep. 2024
The Pixel Watch 3 adds another option to the mix: matte hazel, which seems more grayish than greenish.
—PCMAG, 13 Aug. 2024
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“Grayish.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/grayish. Accessed 2 Oct. 2024.
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