Definitions

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  • adjective Resembling salmon or some aspect of it.

Etymologies

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salmon +‎ -y

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Examples

  • On election night, Sarah Palin served as Fox News Channel's personification of hope - its poetic muse and telegenic Wonder Woman (in no-costume Diana Prince mode), wearing a salmony red dress that looked, on camera, like an elegant, soft Slanket clipped at the collar with a microphone.

    Election coverage: Difficult to watch, impossible to look away Hank Stuever 2010

  • The color is very pleasing, not really pink, more salmony and very generous with their flowers and spreading, but not too much.

    The Sheffies « Fairegarden 2008

  • I just noticed: not only does his tie match her outfit It is a nice shade of salmony orange, but his teeth match her hair!

    Should a man wear a tie the color of his wife's outfit... even when the color is orange? Ann Althouse 2008

  • The bath tubs were a dark salmony-pink, and the walls I think were either an eggplantish or a dark tan.

    eros-archer Diary Entry eros-archer 2008

  • While many roses are bright, Kool-Aid pink, this one is an appealing salmony orange color.

    From the Vine 2005

  • I'd recommend a pale seafoam green, a soft salmony pink, and a pale periwinkle for shirt colors.

    Archive 2006-01-01 Mirtika 2006

  • I'd recommend a pale seafoam green, a soft salmony pink, and a pale periwinkle for shirt colors.

    The Good Girl's Guide to Armageddon Mirtika 2006

  • Non-Stop Pink, which is a salmony shade, in front of pink hydrangeas and by the side of the blue leaved grass.

    Blogposts | guardian.co.uk 2009

  • No, I am a man of patience, and if I didn’t have these four-hour delays – I wouldn’t get the chance to eat salmon club sandwiches at the Mountain Lodge Bar & Grill (a little chewy, but it did taste salmony), browse the books at Coles (is it just me, or is there a lot of Obama books out these days?

    Dispatch From Purgatory » Dave Brosha Photography 2009

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