colourless
adjective
without colour
colourlessness
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a word derived from
colourless.
Example Sentences
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I thought of her face as I had seen it in the half light—a faint impression of delicate colourlessness, and for the life of me I could not help a little shiver.
From The Betrayal by E. Phillips (Edward Phillips) Oppenheim
There was something about its very colourlessness which made it sound oracular.
From O. Henry Memorial Award Prize Stories of 1920 by Various
With all the achromatic clearness, the unromantic colourlessness of the early morning….
From Love and Mr. Lewisham by H. G. (Herbert George) Wells
At the breakfast table Mr. Clifton noticed the colourlessness of his pupil's face, but kindly abstained from any allusion to it.
From Macaria by Augusta J. (Augusta Jane) Evans
Save the scarlet lines which marked her lips, her face was of that clear colourlessness which can be likened only to the purest ivory.
From Macaria by Augusta J. (Augusta Jane) Evans
