Yellowy
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˈjɛloʊ.i/ · Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Yellowy is an adjective meaning Somewhat yellow; yellowish.
Meaning
Somewhat yellow; yellowish.
Example Sentences
Let the daisy, yellow-hearted, With its white leaves starry-parted, And the cowslips, yellowy pale, Serve her as a flowery veil—
I start the truck, drive west along the highway built on the dry bed of the Teays. There’s wide bottoms, and the hills on either side have yellowy billows the sun can’t burn off.
[…] the worn-out antiquity of Sulaco, so characteristic with its stuccoed houses and barred windows, with the great yellowy-white walls of abandoned convents behind the rows of sombre green cypresses […]
Word Forms
- yellowier
- yellowiest
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include yellowish, goldenish, greenish, orangey, grayish, yellowed.
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