grayey
Examples
“1852, Henry David Thoreau, journal entry dated 16 November, 1852, in Patrick F. O’Connell (ed.), Journal, Vol. 5, Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press⟳, 1997, p. 395, We sailed up Well Meadow Brook. The water is singularly grayey clear & cold.”
“It’s snowing to-day, and I’m rapturous. I was so afraid we'd have⟳ a green Christmas and I loathe them. You know⟳, when Christmas is a dirty grayey-browney affair, looking as if it had been left over a hundred years ago and had been in soak⟳ ever since, it is called a green Christmas! Don’t ask⟳ me why.”
“1953, Edward Sheehy, “The Black Mare” in Devin A. Garrity (ed.), 44 Irish Short Stories, New York: Konecky & Konecky, 1955, p. 416, [The mare] had a fine head, small, with lively pointed ears and a greyey velvet muzzle.”
“[…] I got a suit⟳, kind of grayey-green with checks, really cool, that we can pick⟳ up in a week when they make⟳ the alterations.”
CEFR level
B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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