What does sallowy mean?
Sallowy means Of a sallow tinge; yellowish..
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/ˈsælɵwi/ · adjective
Of a sallow tinge; yellowish..
He ^([sic]) skin was a sallowy yellow shade and her hair had been dyed black for a film.
1859-85, Alfred, Lord Tennyson, Idylls of the King He dreamed; but Arthur with a hundred spears / Rode far, till o'er the illimitable reed, / And many a glancing plash and sallowy isle
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Sallowy means Of a sallow tinge; yellowish..
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He ^([sic]) skin was a sallowy yellow shade and her hair had been dyed black for a film.
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