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blueness

[ bloo-nis ]

/ ˈblu nɪs /

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noun

the quality or state of being blue.

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Origin of blueness

First recorded in 1485–95; blue + -ness

Words nearby blueness

blue mould, Blue Mountains, blue mud, blue murder, blue myrtle, blueness, Blue Nile, blue norther, bluenose, blue note, blue-on-blue

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How to use blueness in a sentence

Cyanotypes are produced by exposure to light, but their deep blueness gives them an oceanic quality.
In the galleries: A focus on sensitive portraits with biographical elements|Mark Jenkins|March 26, 2021|Washington Post
It is tempting to think the cats’ blueness was tied to some flaw that left them unable to compete with their bright orange kin.
How Neutral Theory Altered Ideas About Biodiversity|Christie Wilcox|December 8, 2020|Quanta Magazine
Sometimes the satin was broidered with silver wheat, sometimes with pearls, but the blueness of it never faded or lost favor.
The Open Question|Elizabeth Robins
And yet he knew that its undulating blueness hid hard, relentless rock, as unyielding as the very hand of death itself.
High Noon|Anonymous

We had seen Lake Michigan, of a light transparent blueness, with fire ripples chasing from the sunset.
Lazarre|Mary Hartwell Catherwood
The air blew soft, and great shadow clouds ran in an upper current across the deepest blueness I had seen in many a day.
Lazarre|Mary Hartwell Catherwood
Then the sky resumes the fleckless blueness which characterises it during the greater part of the year.
A Bird Calendar for Northern India|Douglas Dewar