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grayish

/ˈɡɹeɪ.ɪʃ/ adjective C2
  1. Somewhat gray.
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He was a man about five foot nine in height, fifty or so years of age, his hair slightly grizzled, a grayish moustache, a curved nose, and a face which all of them described as fierce and forbidding.”
The Valley of Fear, p. 75 · C1
A mantle-piece, with two modern Sèvres vases, a timepiece representing Cupid with his bent bow, a mirror with an engraving on each side—one representing Homer carrying his guide, the other, Belisarius begging—a grayish paper; red and black tapestry—such was the appearance of Lord Wilmore’s drawing-room.
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 716 · C1

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