murkily en · ADV
Etymology
Etymology tree English murky Middle English -ly English -ly English murkily From murky + -ly.
Meanings
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In a murky way.
That quivering wail from the billabong lying murkily mystic towards the East was only the cry of the fearing curlew.
1902, Barbara Baynton, edited by Sally Krimmer and Alan Lawson, Bush Studies (Portable Australian Authors: Barbara Baynton), St Lucia: University of Queensland Press, published 1980, page 16:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| more murkily | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic | |
| most murkily | Degree=Sup | lexicographic |