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"Indeed!" said he; but this time the word was uttered in a faint voice, while a pallor that was almost lividness colored his dark features.
From Confessions Of Con Cregan An Irish Gil Blas by Lever, Charles James
Coombe's still countenance was so deadly in the slow lividness, which Mademoiselle saw began to manifest itself, that she caught his sleeve with a shaking hand.
From The Head of the House of Coombe by Burnett, Frances Hodgson
Cy′anite, a mineral composed of alumina and silica, generally sky-blue; Cyanom′eter, an instrument for measuring the degrees of blueness of the sky or ocean; CyanÅ′sis, morbid lividness of the skin, blue jaundice.—adj.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) by Various
The glare behind him emphasized the lividness of his pallid skin.
From The League of the Leopard by Bindloss, Harold
Von Holtz’s pallor changed subtly from the pallor of fear to the awful lividness of rage.
From Astounding Stories of Super-Science January 1931 by Various
