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from The Century Dictionary.

  • With a gray hue or tinge.

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  • adverb In a gray way.

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  • adverb having a grey appearance

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Examples

  • (No statistics available on urban Indian men; butt plugs and cock rings are still not available here, even grayly, perhaps one legacy of the fact that homosexuality is largely still illegal.)

    Katherine Russell Rich: Sex And The City Of Delhi 2009

  • One to the elvan king, another to the witch, and lastly the wizard whose beard looked woven but yet, was grayly stitched.

    youneverwin Diary Entry youneverwin 2004

  • At that moment a faint glow became apparent ahead of them, and presently they came to a sharp bend in the corridor, about which the light filtered grayly.

    Rogues In The House Howard, Robert E. 2003

  • At that moment a faint glow became apparent ahead of them, and presently they came to a sharp bend in the corridor, about which the light filtered grayly.

    The Coming Of Conan The Cimmerian Howard, Robert E. 2003

  • At that moment a faint glow became apparent ahead of them, and presently they came to a sharp bend in the corridor, about which the light filtered grayly.

    The Coming of Conan The Cimmerian Howard, Robert E. 2003

  • At that moment a faint glow became apparent ahead of them, and presently they came to a sharp bend in the corridor, about which the light filtered grayly.

    Rogues In The House Howard, Robert E. 2003

  • Lillian's tombstone glowed grayly among the others.

    Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine 2002

  • Lillian's tombstone glowed grayly among the others.

    Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine 2002

  • The afternoon sky threatened rain as it looked grayly down on the gathering inside the roofless building, yet the Bingtown Traders had stubbornly insisted on meeting in a structure that could no longer shelter them.

    Ship Of Destiny Hobb, Robin 2000

  • Heavy clouds hung grayly over the muddy roads we rattled by.

    To Say Nothing of the Dog Willis, Connie 1997

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