Meaning of Relieving | Babel Free

Definitions

A change in colour, texture, etc. that relieves monotony.

archaic

Equivalents

Examples

“Purple flowers are commonly contrasted with centres or variegations of bright yellow, as blue flowers are with like relievings of orange […]”

“The light—divested of its aching brilliancy, lies sweetly upon the floor, checkered as that old man's life, in its quaint, yet charming relievings of shadow.”

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