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cerulean.

Adjective
Literary
MEANING

Having a clear blue color associated with the sky.

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  • cerulean sky
  • cerulean blue

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A cerulean strip of sky appeared between the clouds.
She tied a cerulean ribbon around the old parcel.

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Primary category: literary. Forms: A color adjective; no usual comparative or superlative. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings.

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