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# yellowish

adjective (yellowish)

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

## Everyday

Yellowish means a little yellow, or partly yellow. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Y/yellowish/#m1)

### In the lessons

Used in describing colours in art, science (yellowish liquid in experiments, yellowish leaves when a plant lacks water or light) and health (yellowish skin can be a sign of illness).

### Examples

- The old paper had turned yellowish. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Y/yellowish/#x1)
- The leaves went yellowish without enough sunlight. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Y/yellowish/#x2)
- The sky had a yellowish glow before the storm. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Y/yellowish/#x3)
- The liquid in the test tube was yellowish. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Y/yellowish/#x4)
- The bruise turned yellowish as it healed. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Y/yellowish/#x5)
- A yellowish-green frog sat on the leaf. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Y/yellowish/#x6)

### Note

The ending «-ish» means «a bit»: reddish, greenish, yellowish. No double «l» problem: yellow + ish.

## On Mova

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