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Meanings of bluish in English

Of the color intermediate between green and violet; having a color similar to that of a clear unclouded sky.

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Usage of bluish in English
1
The trembling passed; he was like a horse carven in bluish granite.
Judith of Blue Lake Ranch
2
A dim, bluish light showed from within, illuminating a great domed hall.
Winter door
3
The meadow mice are bluish grey and are found in swampy places.
The Lake of the Sky / Lake Tahoe in the High Sierras of Californ...
4
The moonlight shone on the white snow, making the world glow bluish.
Someone Comes to Town, Someone Leaves Town
5
Whereas normal cells had an overall reddish tint, these cells looked bluish.
Spiral
6
They were now hideously lean; their skin was overlaid with bluish marblings.
Salammbo
7
The bluish tint that gives the grass its name could be seen.
Final Report of the Louisiana Purchase Exposition Commission
8
As she talked, the last bright daylight changed to a bluish shade.
The stand
9
Mrs. Zachariah was ready, in her Sunday best of sober bluish cloud-colour.
The Revolution in Tanner's Lane
10
He has large, bluish-gray eyes, and is tall and elegant in manner.
Maria Mitchell: Life, Letters, and Journals
11
Hypothermics are eerily preserved, if bluish, at the moment they slip away.
Bones on Ice
12
It's essentially a plateau, enclosed by a wall made of bluish-green stone.
The Guardian
13
The ground-colour is a pale greenish white or very pale bluish green.
The Nests and Eggs of Indian Birds, Volume 1
14
Along our course the bluish Devonian shales are capped by yellow boulder-clay.
The New North
15
He was going to tell how he had seen the bluish-green lights.
The Report on Unidentified Flying Objects
16
It spouted a flash of bluish flame, and then another and another.
Morale: A Story of the War of 1941-43
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United Kingdom
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United States of America
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