greyness
greyness noun: the quality or state of being grey.
Noun
greyness (countable and uncountable, plural greynesses)
- The quality or state of being grey.
- The sun had gone behind the clouds. As the ship slid out on its way a stray beam pierced the greyness.1910 May 11, P[elham] G[renville] Wodehouse, “Conclusion”, in A Gentleman of Leisure, New York, N.Y.: The Overlook Press, published 2003, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 269
- The sight of them [the Grampians] as we crossed the viaduct over the North Esk I am not likely to forget. After a night of snow, they hung wraith-like across the sky, exquisitely beautiful in the greyness of winter dawn.1947 January and February, O. S. Nock, “"The Aberdonian" in Wartime”, in Railway Magazine, page 8
greyness meaning in Tamil and Malayalam
greyness in Tamil
- அட்டாதசகுணம், நரை
greyness in Malayalam
- greyness
- നര nara
Forms of greyness
| plural | greynesses |
|---|---|
| alternative form | grayness |
Origin of greyness
From Middle English graynes, greynes; equivalent to grey + -ness.
Questions about greyness
- What does greyness mean?
- Greyness means the quality or state of being grey.
- What is greyness in Tamil?
- Greyness in Tamil is அட்டாதசகுணம், நரை. See Greyness meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is greyness?
- Greyness is a noun.
- What is the plural of greyness?
- The plural of greyness is greynesses.
Words near greyness in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: greyness (page history and authors); greyness (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); നര (Malayalam) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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