blueness
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2.7
- noun
- /ˈbluːnəs/
:
azulidad
- Her dress highlighted the deep blueness of the ocean.
- the blueness of the sky
- the blueness of his eyes
Or blueness, the, the tie is blue because it has blueness in it.
- Or blueness, the, the tie is blue because it has blueness in it.
Examples
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I peeked through the church door into the vaulted blueness created by stained-glass windows.
Fiction book (1993) -
Lilly loved the game because when she looked up into the sky, she could really imagine her and Hanka living in all that clean blueness, high above the dirty, bad-smelling streets and the crowds of noisy people.
Fiction book (2001) -
On Sundays, the blueness seemed all the more prominent for the white shirt he wore to church.
Fiction book (2001) -
The blueness of his eyes seemed muted, like a midmorning ocean sky.
Fiction book (1993) -
The wind was howling around him, and the world was sinking into a cold, gray blueness as the sun set somewhere beyond the clouds.
Fiction book (2001) -
Up here, the moose steps onto the road, a road that runs for miles on and on in a straight line through the blueness of these woods.
Fiction book (1996) -
I'm going deeper past the wrinkled rocks and dark seaweed toward a deep blueness where a school of silver fish wait.
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The blueness of her veins accentuated the clearness of her smooth skin.
Fiction book (1995) -
Furious and on the verge of tears, he gazed up at the afternoon Arizona sky, a blaze of infinite blueness too pure to shake his fist at.
Fiction book (1996) -
The blueness of the clear sky made the day feel even brighter.
Synonyms
1
2.8
A slight blue color in something like glass or the sky
A slight blue colour on something
Antonyms
How Blue
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Blueness is made from blue and the ending -ness, which turns an adjective into a noun meaning 'the quality of being'. So blueness simply means the state or quality of being 'blue', as in the sky or the sea.