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Definitions

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

  1. n. A dark grayish blue.

Wiktionary

  1. n. A dark blue color.
  2. adj. Having a navy blue color.

GNU Webster's 1913

  1. n. A dark grayish blue. Also called navy.
  2. n. archaic Prussian blue.

WordNet 3.0

  1. n. a dark shade of blue

Etymologies

  1. From the color of the British naval uniform. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)

Examples

  • “Before I could answer, two incredibly freckled, Mom-aged women came racing out of the house wearing serious navy blue bathing suits and no shoes.”

    Simon & Schuster: THIS IS ME FROM NOW ON

  • “For instance, one woman may choose to wear her classic navy blue blazer traditionally, paired with her best tan trousers, a silky white blouse, black patent leather pumps, and a strand of milky pearls, whereas another woman will create a look that thumbs its nose at convention while using the instant-recognition factor of the jacket in a slightly coded manner.”

    Simon & Schuster: The Style Checklist

  • “NAVY ENCOURAGES BREAKUPS Your navy blazer could very well be half of a navy blue suit you already own.”

    Simon & Schuster: The Style Checklist

  • “OUR VANCOUVER UNIFORMS were blue-on-blue, the arms and legs of the skin suits navy blue around a light-blue top, the top adorned with a small American flag, the USA on the back this time in red.”

    Simon & Schuster: Zero Regrets

  • “She wore a navy blue man-tailored suit with a white silk, jewel-necked blouse under the jacket.”

    Simon & Schuster: Isabel’s Bed

  • “SPRING INTO MODERN NAUTICAL Your navy blue business suit jacket or a classic navy blue blazer with your bleach white jean will give you a hint of maritime mystique.”

    Simon & Schuster: The Style Checklist

  • “Yes, loden green and navy blue will be standing front and center on your rack, and they are ideal investments—very slimming too.”

    Simon & Schuster: The Style Checklist

  • “On a recent morning at Port Isabel, young Indian men wearing navy blue detention uniforms filled the benches in Immigration Judge Keith Hunsucker's courtroom.”

    USA Today: More illegal immigrants from India crossing border

  • “His lean, aristocratic-looking face was nearly as pale as the white between the navy blue stripes of his beautiful shirt, which he wore with a navy blue silk tie and a dark blue suit with the thinnest, most elegant of red pinstripes.”

    Simon & Schuster: I. O. U.

  • “The afternoon being exceptionally mild, she wore her summer dress, now two years old, a navy blue artificial silk upon which a number of discordant colours were scattered in what looked like an imitation of the Morse-code.”

    The Key

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