Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The quality of being somewhat white; albescence.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The quality or state of being whitish or somewhat white.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The quality of being
whitish .
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Examples
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Much as impressionism has been praised for restoring color to a colorless art, its result has been, too often, to substitute whitishness for blackishness.
Artist and Public And Other Essays On Art Subjects Kenyon Cox 1887
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The doctor read from the chart, again, the history had been provided by Tanya Reid, "About ten days ago in the evening, about 6,30 when he was awake, following a nap he suddenly turned limp, dusky with some frothiness around the lips and whitishness to the forehead.
Cruel Deception Olsen, Gregg 1995
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Kerry Meier's onfield-and-off whitishness has been perhaps the greatest disappointment of this offseason.) 5.
The Falcoholic 2010
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Kerry Meier's onfield-and-off whitishness has been perhaps the greatest disappointment of this offseason.) 5.
The Falcoholic 2010
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