bluish
Americanadjective
adjective
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Etymology
Origin of bluish
Middle English word dating back to 1350–1400; see origin at blue, -ish 1
Vocabulary lists containing bluish
Example Sentences
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"I would say they were a millisecond, like the fastest a camera shutter can open and close," added Wiseman, who said the flashes were "white to bluish white."
From Barron's • Apr. 8, 2026
According to his 2006 memoir, “Against All Odds,” he struggled for breath after birth and turned bluish purple.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 20, 2026
As you near the pools, you’ll pick up the scent of sulfur and notice the water turning a strange bluish hue.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 5, 2026
These are just two proposals that planetary scientists have come up with for what lies beneath the thick, bluish, hydrogen-and-helium atmospheres of Uranus and Neptune, our solar system's unique, but superficially bland, ice giants.
From Science Daily • Nov. 25, 2024
It cast a bluish eerie glow by which we could see large craters and the darker flat areas known as maria, or seas.
From "Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story" by Michael Collins
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