yellowy
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of yellowy
Example Sentences
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Stellers are lighter-colored yellowy giants that you are more likely to spot in Washington state or Alaska.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 26, 2026
"The spaceship looked like a cigar shape with a dome on it with yellowy, orange to red light on the top of it," one child told BBC cameras at the time.
From BBC ● Sep. 26, 2023
She thought of old movies filmed with this same yellowy filter over the lens: apocalypse, end of the world.
From Slate ● Jul. 30, 2022
The greens: Discard any yellowy greens before cooking.
From Salon ● Mar. 31, 2022
It ran into the spoon, silvery, greeny, yellowy.
From "Mary Poppins" by P. L. Travers
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