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greyer

greyer is the comparative form of grey.

Meaning of grey

Adjective

grey (comparative greyer or more grey, superlative greyest or most grey)

  1. Commonwealth standard spelling of gray.
    • These grey and dun colors may be also produced by mixing whites and blacks.1704, I[saac] N[ewton], “(please specify |book=1 to 3)”, in Opticks: Or, A Treatise of the Reflexions, Refractions, Inflexions and Colours of Light. […], London: […] Sam[uel] Smith, and Benj[amin]...
  2. (South Africa, slang) Synonym of coloured (pertaining to the mixed race of black and white).
    Synonyms:
    coloured

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Questions about greyer

What is greyer the comparative form of?
Greyer is the comparative form of grey.

Words near greyer in the dictionary

  1. greyed out
  2. greyen
  3. greyened
  4. greyening
  5. greyens
  6. greyer
  7. greyers
  8. greyest
  9. greyey
  10. greyfield
  11. greyfields

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