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greyly en · ADV

Etymology

From grey + -ly.

Meanings

1. In a grey way; in partial light.
   • The interior of the kitchen we now saw grayly for the first time. 1898, H.G. Wells, The War of the Worlds, London: William Heinemann, page 198:
2. With a dreary or gloomy countenance.
   • I got a compartment to myself, and sat with folded arms, looking grayly at the sunlit devastation that flowed past the windows 1898, H.G. Wells, The War of the Worlds, London: William Heinemann, page 292:

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