Sky-blue

adj, noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Alternative form of sky blue. alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable

    "[…] every petty chandler's shop will sell you Sky-blue, and every night-cellar furnish you with Holland tape, three yards a penny."

  2. 2
    a light shade of blue wordnet
Adjective
  1. 1
    Alternative form of sky blue. alt-of, alternative

    "Except for an eye-catching sky-blue container boldly and attractively featuring the B.T.C.'s "door-to-door" arrow symbol […], there were no outlandish colour schemes or lettering styles."

Adjective
  1. 1
    of a deep somewhat purplish blue color similar to that of a clear October sky wordnet

Synonyms

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azureazurebluebright blueceruleancerulean

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"Tom took the letter and tied it to a sky-blue balloon, which he then released. The balloon rose quickly, higher and higher. Soon it was hard to see, because it was sky-blue, and so was the sky, of course. Even so, Tom stood there in front of the house for a long time, gazing after the sky-blue balloon."

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