grey
adjective
less common spelling of gray
1
a
: of the color gray
b
: tending toward gray
blue-gray eyes
c
: dull in color
2
: having the hair gray : hoary
3
: clothed in gray
4
b
: prosaically ordinary : dull, uninteresting
the boring, gray dullness of government—
P. J. O'Rourke
P. J. O'Rourke5
: having an intermediate and often vaguely defined position, condition, or character
an ethically gray area
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This, instead, is a frozen grey winterscape of street shadows and perpetual darkness, with appropriate overtones of psychological horror.
—The Week Uk, theweek, 7 Nov. 2024
Her skin is grey and cracked, her hair is sticking every which way, and she’s got a feral air about her.
—Katie Campione, Deadline, 9 Oct. 2024
The low, two-hundred-year-old fishing hut in its shaggy grey wood: its heavy logs, notched and cross-jointed.
—Tomas Tranströmer, The New Yorker, 7 Oct. 2024
The grey ash trees and their mottled plumage were as one with each other, curving and branching to form a ceiling overhead.
—Jem Aswad, Variety, 1 Nov. 2024
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The Week Uk, theweek, 7 Nov. 2024
Her skin is grey and cracked, her hair is sticking every which way, and she’s got a feral air about her.
—Katie Campione, Deadline, 9 Oct. 2024
The low, two-hundred-year-old fishing hut in its shaggy grey wood: its heavy logs, notched and cross-jointed.
—Tomas Tranströmer, The New Yorker, 7 Oct. 2024
The grey ash trees and their mottled plumage were as one with each other, curving and branching to form a ceiling overhead.
—Jem Aswad, Variety, 1 Nov. 2024
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“Grey.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/grey. Accessed 23 Nov. 2024.
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Grey 1 of 4
biographical name (1)
2nd Earl 1764–1845 Charles Grey English statesman; prime minister (1830–34)
Grey
2 of 4biographical name (2)
Sir Edward 1862–1933 Viscount
Grey of Fallodon
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English politician
English politician
Grey
3 of 4biographical name (3)
Lady Jane 1537–1554 titular queen of England for 9 days
Grey
4 of 4biographical name (4)
Zane 1875–1939 American novelist
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