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.
reddish brown
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The earth was reddish brown.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
hair
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The architect was Robert Atkinson, a shrewd-looking man with sharp features and reddish hair .
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Shaheen, well-built, with reddish hair and sparkling blue eyes, is definitely in charge tonight.
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He was a handsome young guy with a head of well-oiled reddish hair .
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She has short reddish hair and green eyes.
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She had tied back her reddish hair behind her ears.
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I can feel behind my head the haze of reddish hair going away in the opposite direction.
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Sarah was shorter than Catriona, and she had straight reddish hair , not the wild and curly type.
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He had a blunt, good-natured face and a thick head of reddish hair .
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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But within that reddish brown icing on the white cake, you can see the neurons arranged into a half-dozen layers.
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He was a handsome young guy with a head of well-oiled reddish hair.
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He was tail and lanky and had a long reddish brown beard and lectured in a voice that was basso and happy.
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Her bosom was high and she had reddish cheeks.
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In winter like a straight-billed Whimbrel, in summer reddish plumage precludes confusion.
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Instead, much of the land was of poorer quality, with a reddish hue.
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That faint reddish tinge in his fair hair - did you notice that?
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The reddish colour of the disk is caused by dust and the whitish region in the centre is the bulge.