Both Uses of
ashen
in
The Great Gatsby
- A white ashen dust veiled his dark suit and his pale hair as it veiled everything in the vicinity — except his wife, who moved close to Tom.†
p. 26..3 *
- A new world, material without being real, where poor ghosts, breathing dreams like air, drifted fortuitously about … like that ashen, fantastic figure gliding toward him through the amorphous trees.†
p. 161..8
Definition:
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(ashen as in: ashen face) very pale - often due to illness or fear