brinily en · ADV
Etymology
From briny + -ly.
Meanings
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In a briny or salty way.
O they were speechful faces, gazing insistent, / Some as with smiles, / Some as with slow-born tears that brinily trundled / Over the wrecked Cheeks that were fair in their flush-time, ash now with anguish.
1914, Thomas Hardy, In Front of the Landscape:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| more brinily | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic | |
| most brinily | Degree=Sup | lexicographic |