adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a reddish/greenish/bluish etc colour (= slightly red, green, blue etc )
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The glass used for bottles is often a greenish colour.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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a greenish tinge
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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A dozen or so greenish boulders lurked with angular menace below.
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Even when ripe, these huge fruits have a greenish yellow skin and flesh, so don't be put off.
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Her greenish eyes were wide open, staring sightless at the ceiling.
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In the greenish cast of the thallium iodide driving light, Pat lands us gently on pillow basalts.
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Now greenish bile is in your mouth, and running into the sink.
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The gas-jet projecting from the wall above the fireplace filled the room with a greenish glow.
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They are greenish gray to yellowish with many large round dark spots.
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They were large and greenish brown.