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palely en · ADV

Pronunciation

• /ˈpeɪl.li/

Etymology

Etymology tree Latin pallidus Old French palebor. Middle English pale English pale Middle English -ly English -ly English palely From pale + -ly.

Meanings

1. In a pale manner; lightly.
   • The people are palely prosperous. They lead monotonous lives. 1907, Anne Douglas Sedgwick, A Fountain Sealed, Chapter:
   • It was a warm dark night of faint clouds through which the moon shone palely as through a thin silk canopy. 1921, John Dos Passos, Three Soldiers, Part Two:
   • O what can ail thee, knight-at-arms, / Alone and palely loitering? / The sedge has withered from the lake, / And no birds sing. 1819, John Keats, La Belle Dame sans Merci, stanza 1:

Forms

Translations (5)

es pálidamente (in a pale manner) · pt palidamente (in a pale manner) · it pallidamente (in a pale manner) · ca pàl·lidament (in a pale manner) · fi kalpeasti (in a pale manner)