tawny
adjective
of a dark yellowish or dull yellowish-brown color.
tawnily
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a word derived from
tawny.
Example Sentences
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The iris of the prominent eyes had grown yellowish, and the whites were bloodshot, so that the light seemed to flash from them tawnily.
From Guy Livingstone; or, 'Thorough' by George A. (George Alfred) Lawrence
