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eldritchly en · ADV

Etymology

Etymology tree English eldritch Middle English -ly English -ly English eldritchly From eldritch + -ly.

Meanings

1. In an eldritch way.
   • ...with a cortege of dead kings about them, and the blown breath of skeletons thrilling eldritchly in the silver flutes. 1981, Clark Ashton Smith, The City of the Singing Flame:
   • With his co-editor Robert Shea, he became involved with the eldritchly comic Discordian Society, and together they eventually co-created The Illuminates. 1986, Larry McCaffery, Postmodern Fiction: A Bio-bibliographical Guide:
   • The white eyeballs and white teeth of the horse, the panting flanks, the rigid legs all stood out eldritchly. 1985, Arthur Crew Inman, Daniel Aaron, The Inman Diary:

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Synonyms

uncannily · eerily