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Definitions

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

  1. White; pale.

Wiktionary

  1. adj. obsolete White; pale.
  2. adv. In a white manner.

GNU Webster's 1913

  1. adj. obsolete Like, or coming near to, white.

Etymologies

  1. white +‎ -ly (Wiktionary)

Examples

  • “After what seemed five minutes, though it could not have been more than a minute, I saw him flaming whitely upward.”

    YAH! YAH! YAH!

  • “A filled tooth on a hill whitely shining, and a mole in a trap one early June, around its neck a wedding ring.”

    Cemetery Moles

  • “Under glass chandeliers they float whitely over Europe's largest mall, a monument to old-fashioned walk-in-and-browse shopping.”

    The Guardian: One-click wonder: the rise of Net-a-porter

  • “A few days later, in their Birmingham clinic/studio, a set lit so whitely it feels like a 1960s vision of heaven, I meet John.”

    The Guardian: Why Channel 4's Embarrassing Bodies is in rude health

  • “We sank our butter knives into the large lump of opaque, garlicky white salo, the lard spread that gleamed whitely from a glazed saucer of hardened clay next to the woven-straw bread basket.”

    Simon & Schuster: Peace Meals

  • “Every morning you can barely get to your hygeine station to wipe off the smut of the night and rinse whitely into my sparking burst of bristles.”

    You, tool . . .

  • “Then out of nowhere, overhead, I saw the same red airplane I had seen earlier, except this time it was fighting hard against the wind, its wings buffeting, its landing lights sparking whitely.”

    Simon & Schuster: The Glass Rainbow

  • “In fact, Phineas thought, the light seemed to make no difference to her whatsoever; it was as if she merely absorbed it into her skin, for she appeared to glow whitely from within.”

    Simon & Schuster: The Whisperers

  • “: Dawnfire was joined by Tre'valen; a pair of graceful forms of gold and blue, with whitely glowing eyes.”

    Fictionaut: Widows and Orphans

  • “The answer had been very satisfactory, and Paul smiled whitely at his reflection.”

    Fictionaut: red dust

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