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More than the physical condition of dry skin, ashiness has a deep cultural significance for Black people.

From The Verge • Mar. 9, 2022

In addition to the ashiness, dehydrated skin may feel tight or more sensitive and itchy than usual.

From New York Times • Mar. 5, 2019

The ashiness had gone out of her face.

From The Great Stone of Sardis by Stockton, Frank Richard

He was blond to ashiness, so that the slicked-back hair might or might not be graying.

From Gaslight Sonatas by Hurst, Fannie

The ashiness and the moisture on the brow, and the film over the eyeballs—what man can look upon the sight, and not feel his heart awed within him?

From Complete Prose Works Specimen Days and Collect, November Boughs and Goodbye My Fancy by Whitman, Walt