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- noun The quality of being
greenish .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the property of being somewhat green
Etymologies
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Examples
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There were blurs which were certainly not herds of cattle but ought to be, and here and there those pockmarks of greenishness which might be mesquite or something similar.
Space Platform Leinster, Murray, 1896- 1953
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All favor diversity, affordable housing, mass transit and greenishness (a close relative of truthiness).
The Berkeley Daily Planet, The East Bay's Independent Newspaper 2008
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Progressiveness, like greenishness and truthiness, abounded.
The Berkeley Daily Planet, The East Bay's Independent Newspaper 2008
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In a period when greenishness is suddenly in vogue, the council backers (chiefly Bates and Capitelli) of the attempted emasculation of Berkeley's current effective preservation ordinance should be thoroughly ashamed of themselves.
The Berkeley Daily Planet, The East Bay's Independent Newspaper 2008
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gotten some recognition for its dogged drive towards greenishness: a good-enough-everywhere-but-Columbia grade of A - on the third annual Sustainability Report Card for American colleges.
The Bwog 2008
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