yellowishly
yellowishly adverb: with a colour resembling yellow.
Adverb
yellowishly (comparative more yellowishly, superlative most yellowishly)
- With a colour resembling yellow.
- The skin becomes thinned and yellowishly discoloured at one point, gives way, and a large quantity of thick creamy pus escapes.1873, John Soelberg Wells, A Treatise on the Diseases of the Eye, Lindsay & Blakiston, page 750
- . . . a sky with every fading colour: blue-green, pale grey between green and blue, fuzzy hues of distant clouds that aren't clouds, yellowishly darkened by an expiring red.2002, Fernando Pessoa, translated by Richard Zenith, The Book of Disquiet, →ISBN, page 196
Forms of yellowishly
| comparative | more yellowishly |
|---|---|
| superlative | most yellowishly |
Origin of yellowishly
From yellowish + -ly.
Questions about yellowishly
- What does yellowishly mean?
- Yellowishly means with a colour resembling yellow.
- What part of speech is yellowishly?
- Yellowishly is an adverb.
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