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
Before, this little room had a yellowy oak table on yellowy oak floors, and it looked . . . very outdated.
From Salon • Feb. 12, 2021
But many residents know: The panthers are here again, stalking the subdivisions, skirting the edges of the visible, seen only in stray glimpses of an eye or the flickings of a yellowy tail.
From Slate • Jun. 19, 2018
One side of his nose was red and tight-looking, and there was a yellowy crust decorating his gold nostril ring.
From "Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet" by Joanne Proulx
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