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  • adjective Alternative spelling of bluish.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • adjective of the color intermediate between green and violet; having a color similar to that of a clear unclouded sky

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Examples

  • It held a stone, too; a single pillar of some kind of blueish rock.

    Werehunter Lackey, Mercedes 1999

  • It was a kind of blueish grey, its great mouth a gash of crimson in its head whilst wicked eyes gleamed from their sockets making it look like some supernatural demon from the Zylorian "Halls of the Dead"

    Elric At The End of Time Moorcock, Michael, 1939- 1984

  • It is a good chrome its just the way the picture came out that makes it look kind of blueish and two tones of color.

    xml's Blinklist.com 2008

  • When NASA published this blueish image from this event I was 'sold', of course.

    Archive 2009-05-01 Bente Lilja Bye 2009

  • When NASA published this blueish image from this event I was 'sold', of course.

    Hubble in Blue Bente Lilja Bye 2009

  • I had no idea if the alcohol would be damaging to the dough's condition (alcohol does not allow for gluten development at the same rate as water or milk) or moisture, and I knew that walnuts often will tint a bread dough blueish just be their volatile oils.

    Bread and Wine Sarah 2009

  • I had no idea if the alcohol would be damaging to the dough's condition (alcohol does not allow for gluten development at the same rate as water or milk) or moisture, and I knew that walnuts often will tint a bread dough blueish just be their volatile oils.

    Archive 2009-10-01 Sarah 2009

  • All the action is on the small blueish screen where a young, fat man is now being led away in hand cuffs.

    The Serious Writer Occupies Wall Street Marcus Speh 2011

  • Instead, the right-wing of the VA party has, with incredible speed and efficiency, turned one of the most solidly Republican states in the country into one with a decidedly blueish hue.

    Matthew Yglesias » The Gingrich Doctrine and the 21st Century 2009

  • Instead, the right-wing of the VA party has, with incredible speed and efficiency, turned one of the most solidly Republican states in the country into one with a decidedly blueish hue.

    Matthew Yglesias » The Gingrich Doctrine and the 21st Century 2009

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