Whitish

Word WHITISH
Character 7
Hyphenation whit ish
Pronunciations N/A

Definitions and meanings of "Whitish"

What do we mean by whitish?

Somewhat white. adjective

Somewhat white; white in a moderate degree; albescent.

Somewhat white; approaching white; white in a moderate degree. adjective

Covered with an opaque white powder. adjective

Somewhat white, pale or almost white. adjective

Of something having a color tending toward white adjective

Resembling milk in color not clear adjective

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The word "whitish" in example sentences

I was too exhausted to pursue for further elaboration and spent the afternoon lying around with an iv, but I'm still, a year later, I'm totally perplexed by that illness. can food poisoning really result in whitish-grey paint poop? ❋ Unknown (2009)

The best myrrhe is known by little peeces which are not round; and when they grow together, they yeeld a certain whitish liquour which issueth and resolveth from them, and if a man breake them into morsels, it hath white veines resembling men's nails, and in tast is somewhat bitter. ❋ Unknown (1891)

When we come to reported falls of gelatinous substances, I'd like it to be noticed how often they are described as whitish or grayish. ❋ Charles Fort (N/A)

The name of this tree in Hebrew is founded on the fact that it is the first to blossom; though not strictly white, its blossoms may be called whitish: the whitish blossoms, solitary while all is bare around, just yield the image required. ❋ Richard Green Moulton (1886)

In some places the sulphur had formed crystals among other substances, such as whitish cinders made of an infinity of little feldspar crystals. ❋ Unknown (2005)

And it is kind of whitish and the trees are next to the blue sky. ❋ Lucy Sprague Mitchell (1922)

Albert, vowed not to change her linen till Ostend was taken; this siege, unluckily for her comfort, lasted three years; and the supposed colour of the archduchess's linen gave rise to a fashionable colour, hence called _l'Isabeau_, or the Isabella; a kind of whitish-yellow-dingy. ❋ Isaac Disraeli (1807)

Mr. Deane had an agenda to support his side in a fraud trial so he created an "old black woman" persona and whipped up racial intolerance of the "whitish" old lady Madge Knox who is in the way of Mr. Deane's ambitions. ❋ Unknown (2009)

His whitish hair spilled across his face, and Rowan wondered how close it was to his actual appearance. ❋ Brianne Baxtali (2011)

Thanks for your photo, Kristin, with its Rouge-bleu emerging through a light bluey-whitish background. ❋ Unknown (2009)

When I enter a stand of oaks I scan the base of the trees looking for the telltale clusters of whitish brown layers. ❋ Maria Rodale (2011)

Mine have much longer elongated "tails" also, more whitish in color. ❋ Unknown (2009)

While the downtown commercial area has been thoroughly cleaned up, in the hotel zone, native blue lupin flowers are still all but obscured by big whitish drifts left by the volcano. ❋ Matt Moffett (2011)

The leaves of the aspen twist and flutter, their whitish undersides make the tree glitter and the call is a loud, tinny rattle, sharper than even the oak. ❋ Unknown (2011)

The iceberg lettuce had gone transparent from its long bath in the dressing, whitish and shriveled, the way your fingers get when you soak in the tub for too long. ❋ Annia Ciezadlo (2011)

But it is not clear what causes these whitish clouds to form in the south equatorial belt at some times and not others, Orton says. ❋ Unknown (2010)

According to this theory, the south equatorial belt disappears when whitish clouds form on top of it, blocking our view of the darker clouds. ❋ Unknown (2010)

So we trooped through the woods to a tree stump, gazing about 30 feet up through the drab light, to observe something whitish and furry. ❋ Ralph Gardner Jr. (2011)

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