Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun See blue.

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  • adjective of blue tinged with lavender

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Examples

  • Meadow clary – clusters of violet-blue flowers standing high on tall spikes.

    Plantwatch: a sight for sore eyes 2011

  • He noted the violet-blue shadows under her eyes, as he arose, without offering to touch her.

    CHAPTER XXX 2010

  • Another plant in bloom is meadow clary, its clusters of gorgeous violet-blue flowers standing high on tall spikes.

    Plantwatch: a sight for sore eyes 2011

  • She reached out with her extrasense, the chamber glowing with violet-blue light.

    Shadow Chase Seressia Glass 2010

  • I used the smaller eye shadow brush to work the light violet-blue half-shimmer shadow on the eyelids and blended it using a no. 4 brush, brushing back and forth like a windshield wiper—blending, blending!

    Best in Beauty Riku Campo 2010

  • “The Realtor told me,” she confided, violet-blue eyes shining.

    Naked Cruelty Colleen McCullough 2010

  • Her violet-blue eyes seemed enormous in her gaunt face.

    DIAMOND RUBY Joseph Wallace 2010

  • Her violet-blue eyes seemed enormous in her gaunt face.

    DIAMOND RUBY Joseph Wallace 2010

  • Her violet-blue eyes seemed enormous in her gaunt face.

    DIAMOND RUBY Joseph Wallace 2010

  • She reached out with her extrasense, the chamber glowing with violet-blue light.

    Shadow Chase Seressia Glass 2010

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