ashiness

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noun

The quality of being ashy.

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Meanings

nounashiness (uncountable)
  1. uncountableThe quality of being ashy.

    Jack Bigelow’s usually sunny face was bleached to the ashiness of fear and despair.

    1901, Onoto Watanna, chapter 13, in A Japanese Nightingale, New York: Harper, page 148
    1 more example

    […] there was an ashiness about his clothes and his hair never settled and his eye had a look of tragic alarm when he wasn’t actually sleeping.

    2004, Marilynne Robinson, Gilead, Toronto: HarperCollins, page 49

Origin

From ashy + -ness.

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APA

ashiness. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ashiness

MLA

“ashiness.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ashiness. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “ashiness,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ashiness.

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