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grayey

grayey adjective: somewhat gray.

Adjective

grayey (comparative grayier, superlative grayiest)

  1. (uncommon) Somewhat gray.
    • We sailed up Well Meadow Brook. The water is singularly grayey clear & cold.1852, Henry David Thoreau, journal entry dated 16 November, 1852, in Patrick F. O’Connell (ed.), Journal, Vol. 5, Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1997, p. 395
    • It’s snowing to-day, and I’m rapturous. I was so afraid we'd have a green Christmas and I loathe them. You know, when Christmas is a dirty grayey-browney affair, looking as if it had been left over a hundred years ago and had been in soak ever since, it is called a green Christmas! Don’t ask me why.1915, Lucy Maud Montgomery, chapter 7, in Anne of the Island, New York: A. L. Burt, page 74
    Synonyms:
    grayish

Synonyms of grayey

Forms of grayey

comparativegrayier
superlativegrayiest
alternative formgreyey

Origin of grayey

From gray + -ey.

Questions about grayey

What does grayey mean?
Grayey means somewhat gray.
What part of speech is grayey?
Grayey is an adjective.

Words near grayey in the dictionary

  1. grayening
  2. grayens
  3. grayer
  4. Grayers
  5. grayest
  6. grayey
  7. grayfish
  8. grayfishes
  9. grayfriar
  10. grayfriars
  11. grayhaired

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