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n. - The quality or state of the achromatic color of least lightness (bearing the least resemblance to white).

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Usage examples (22)
  • Adjective, : inky shadows. ,The solution was an inky liquid. ,inky fingers
  • In the inkiness, in the masquerade, he was a creature of the night.
  • LeConte shouted amidst the blessed inkiness of it, and I felt him tug at my hand.
  • Its blackness was disconcerting, an inkiness that looked as if it could swallow you whole.
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