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cinereal

ADJECTIVE
gray
Synonyms
STRONGEST
drab dusty grey silvery
STRONG
Dove ash clouded dappled heather iron lead neutral oyster pearly powder shaded silvered slate stone
WEAK
ashen dingy dusky leaden livid mousy peppery sere smoky somber
ADJECTIVE
gray/grey
Synonyms
WEAK
Dove ash ashen battleship clouded dingy drab dusky dusty granite heather iron lead leaden livid mousy neutral oyster pearly peppery powder sere shaded silvered silvery slate smoky somber stone

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Why, the ashes of the dead were collected and preserved in these cinereal urns; and what are ashes but earthy salts?

From Hollowdell Grange Holiday Hours in a Country Home by Fenn, George Manville

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