“No decision is easy. It only looks that way when you’re young. When you’re older, everything is complicated. There is no black and white, only gray.” — Richard Widmark as Dr. George A. Harris, Coma 1978
Now is that not the absolute truth!?! I am currently on the big countdown to age fifty, the big five zero, two quarters of a century, one half of a century year old. Believe me, not only does time pass by more quickly as you age just as they say, the days get shorter, and everything not just your hair turns grey.
You will find both gray and grey in the dictionary. I still am not consistent with which way I go lol. And wow, I guess I am just one of many a Lady Jane.
gray or grey
[grey]
adjective, grayer, grayest.
1.
of a color between white and black; having a neutral hue.
2.
dark, dismal, or gloomy:
gray skies.
3.
dull, dreary, or monotonous.
grey
[grey]
adjective, greyer, greyest, noun, verb (used with or without object)
1.
gray.
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greyly, adverb
greyness, noun
ungreyed, adjective
Grey
[grey]
noun
1.
Charles, 2nd Earl, 1764–1845, British statesman: prime minister 1830–34.
2.
Sir Edward (Viscount Fallodon) 1862–1933, British statesman.
3.
Sir George, 1812–98, British statesman and colonial administrator: prime minister of New Zealand 1877–79.
4.
Lady Jane (Lady Jane Dudley) 1537–54, descendant of Henry VII of England; executed under orders of Mary I to eliminate her as a rival for the throne.
5.
Zane [zeyn] (Show IPA), 1875–1939, U.S. novelist.
gray1or grey
[grey]
Spell Syllables
adjective, grayer, grayest.
1.
of a color between white and black; having a neutral hue.
2.
dark, dismal, or gloomy:
gray skies.
3.
dull, dreary, or monotonous.
4.
having gray hair; gray-headed.
5.
pertaining to old age; mature.
6.
Informal. pertaining to, involving, or composed of older persons:
gray households.
7.
old or ancient.
8.
indeterminate and intermediate in character:
The tax audit concentrated on deductions in the gray area between purely personal and purely business expenses.
noun
9.
any achromatic color; any color with zero chroma, intermediate between white and black.
10.
something of this color.
11.
gray material or clothing:
to dress in gray.
12.
an unbleached and undyed condition.
13.
(often initial capital letter) a member of the Confederate army in the American Civil War or the army itself.
Compare blue (def 5).
14.
a horse of a gray color.
15.
a horse that appears white but is not an albino.
verb (used with or without object)
16.
to make or become gray.