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# greyish

adjective (greyish; US also grayish)

«greyish» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. A little bit grey; a colour that is close to grey but not quite. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/greyish/#m1)
2. Of hair, sky, light, etc.: starting to look grey. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/greyish/#m2)

### In the lessons

In science and art it helps describe colours exactly: «greyish rock», «greyish-blue». In stories it sets a dull, cloudy or sad mood: «a greyish morning». The ending «-ish» means «rather, somewhat», as in «reddish», «smallish», «sevenish».

### Examples

- The sky was greyish before the rain began. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/greyish/#x1)
- The rock in our sample was greyish with white spots. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/greyish/#x2)
- The puppy has greyish fur on its nose. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/greyish/#x3)
- Grandpa's hair is getting greyish. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/greyish/#x4)
- The pond water looked greyish and cloudy. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/greyish/#x5)
- I mixed white and black paint to get a greyish colour. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/greyish/#x6)
- Her eyes are greyish-green. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/greyish/#x7)
- Lun also means a greyish light. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/greyish/#x8)

### Note

Spelling: «grey» and «greyish» in the UK, Ireland, Canada, Australia and New Zealand; «gray» and «grayish» in the USA. Both are correct. «-ish» makes a word less exact: «greyish» is not fully grey.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «greyish» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/greyish/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«greyish» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/greyish.html) on Mova free.