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goldeny

goldeny adjective: somewhat golden in colour.

Adjective

goldeny (comparative more goldeny, superlative most goldeny)

  1. Somewhat golden in colour.
    • goldeny goodness
    • It seemed so pure and goldeny.2008 April 6, Henry Alford, “Eau God”, in New York Times
    Synonyms:
    goldish § Synonyms

Examples of goldeny in a sentence

  • It's probably a good thing no one can see me since I'm hovering half on, half off the ledge, nine stories above Sixth Street, glowing all goldeny.2012, Lauren Wynn, Providence: On Angels' Wings, page 179:
  • On windy days it danced, demented, waving wild arms, or in the silence of evening drowsed and dreamed, swaying in the blue, the goldeny air.2023, Doug Battersby, Troubling Late Modernism: Ethics, Feeling, and the Novel Form, page 148:

Synonyms of goldeny

  • goldish § Synonyms

Forms of goldeny

comparativemore goldeny
superlativemost goldeny

Origin of goldeny

From golden + -y.

Questions about goldeny

What does goldeny mean?
Goldeny means somewhat golden in colour.
How do you use goldeny in a sentence?
It's probably a good thing no one can see me since I'm hovering half on, half off the ledge, nine stories above Sixth Street, glowing all goldeny.
What part of speech is goldeny?
Goldeny is an adjective.

Words near goldeny in the dictionary

  1. goldenware
  2. goldenweed
  3. goldenweeds
  4. goldenwing
  5. goldenwings
  6. goldeny
  7. golder
  8. goldern
  9. Golders
  10. Golders Green
  11. goldes

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