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  • adjective comparative form of ruddy: more ruddy

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Examples

  • But while equipped with eyes like twin stars, hair ruddier than the cherry, oomph, espieglerie and all the fixings, B. Wickham had also the disposition and general outlook on life of a ticking bomb.

    Lance Mannion: 2010

  • New York Times reporter Russell Baker described the president as “three pounds heavier and somewhat ruddier” than before the Democratic convention the previous week.

    Eisenhower 1956 David A. Nichols 2011

  • She could only stand there, staring at the wide patch of wood that was a ruddier brown than the rest of it.

    How to Woo a Reluctant Lady Deborah Gonzales 2011

  • She could only stand there, staring at the wide patch of wood that was a ruddier brown than the rest of it.

    How to Woo a Reluctant Lady Deborah Gonzales 2011

  • "You WILL lie about me," the Warden raved, the flush of wine and wrath flooding ruddier into his face.

    Chapter 20 2010

  • But while equipped with eyes like twin stars, hair ruddier than the cherry, oomph, espieglerie and all the fixings, B. Wickham had also the disposition and general outlook on life of a ticking bomb.

    Bertie Wooster on the mischief-making talents of a certain redhead 2010

  • New York Times reporter Russell Baker described the president as “three pounds heavier and somewhat ruddier” than before the Democratic convention the previous week.

    Eisenhower 1956 David A. Nichols 2011

  • Alec Baldwin, looking a bit ruddier and beefier than the suave Jack Donaghy on 30 Rock, sat amidst friends and neighbors at an event Saturday night to support Quail Hill Farm, the Peconic Land Trust's 30-acre tract in Amagansett.

    Laura Weiss: Alec Baldwin Chows Down With the Neighbors at Hamptons Event 2010

  • The key is the balance between sweet butter and ruddier beet.

    Something For The Weekend 2009

  • The key is the balance between sweet butter and ruddier beet.

    Something For The Weekend 2009

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