bluish
adjective
somewhat blue.
bluishness
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a word derived from
bluish.
Example Sentences
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It was of a tawny color, with great, irregular areas of yellow and patches of bluishness.
From Sand Doom by Murray Leinster
The disagreeable and deadly bluishness of his hands and face was covered up with paint; his hands were whitened, his cheeks rouged.
From Best Russian Short Stories by Thomas Seltzer
And now, as if for the first time, they perceived the horrible bluishness of his face and the loathsome corpulence of his body.
From Best Russian Short Stories by Thomas Seltzer
Her hair was as black as her dress; her eyes, when one saw them, seemed blacker than either, on account of the bluishness of the white surrounding the pupil.
From Balcony Stories by Grace E. King
You see a hand gripping something; you see the eyes and forehead of an engineer's face; you perceive that an overall bluishness beyond the engine is the back of another man.
From War and the future: Italy, France and Britain at war by H. G. (Herbert George) Wells
