ashy
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- adjective
- /ˈæʃi/
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- When Lamont dragged Towanda, Roscoe, and LaVern through the gangway in the red wagon, their ashy brown legs with dirty sneakers dangled.
- ashy skin
- ashy elbow
- look ashy
They probably got a lady out there sitting around with dry, ashy hands.
- They probably got a lady out there sitting around with dry, ashy hands.
- No pits, no ashy elbows, just a clean look for you guys.
Examples
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They were cold and ashy and pale and dead.
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'Cause my skin gets kind of dry and a little bit ashy--
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Do something about that ashy white look.
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His skin was ashy brown, his nose broad and flat.
Fiction book (1996) -
I'm here sitting with my lips that look so ashy right now.
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They probably got a lady out there sitting around with dry, ashy hands.
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Knobby-kneed, ashy-legged, I follow Daddy on the path.
Fiction book (1994) -
Yeah, you naturally ashy.
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While I stand on sidewalks with ashy brown kneecaps on sticky summer days with frizzy locks blazing in the sun.
Fiction book (1994) -
During winter, my elbows often become ashy and require extra moisture.
Antonyms
How Dry
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word ashy comes from ash 'the powder left after a fire' and -y 'like', and a helpful image is dry skin shedding tiny pale bits like ash. So ashy describes skin that looks pale, dry, or covered in fine, ash-like flakes.