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# yellowish

«yellowish» in Mova's school dictionary: **a little yellow, or partly yellow** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

adjective (yellowish)

### meaning for a pupil

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

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

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «yellowish» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Y/yellowish/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.