Definitions
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- adjective Somewhat brown.
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- adjective of a
colour which resemblesbrown ; somewhat brown
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective of a color similar to that of wood or earth
Etymologies
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Examples
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Beige it is — upholstered, carpeted, and painted in brownish, grayish, yellowish hues.
Future Schlock P. J. O 2008
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Beige it is — upholstered, carpeted, and painted in brownish, grayish, yellowish hues.
Future Schlock P. J. O 2008
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Steve Nash and his teammates served up plates of food, with the menu consisting of white chunks of something in brownish-orange sauce over white rice.
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But then after it was fully eclipsed, it turned a kind of brownish-red.
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But then after it was fully eclipsed, it turned a kind of brownish-red.
Lunar Eclipse Loses To Stupidity On TV « Unambiguously Ambidextrous 2008
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It was hazy like that on the best of days and the "brownish" cloudy areas are a very good representation of the 1960's/70's smog.
Nature 2009
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It was hazy like that on the best of days and the "brownish" cloudy areas are a very good representation of the 1960's/70's smog.
May 2009 2009
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It was hazy like that on the best of days and the "brownish" cloudy areas are a very good representation of the 1960's/70's smog.
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It was hazy like that on the best of days and the "brownish" cloudy areas are a very good representation of the 1960's/70's smog.
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When I went to put oil in a few weeks ago, I had the same kind of brownish goop on the oil cap when I took it off.
Holy cow! 2005
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