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Definition of Grayly
1. Adverb. Having a grey appearance. "Lonely creeks are opal in the dawn, sword-blue in the sun, greyly silver under misty moons"
Definition of Grayly
1. Adverb. In a gray way. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Grayly
1. in a gray manner [adv]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Grayly
Literary usage of Grayly
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language by William Dwight Whitney (1889)
"Miss Lois returned, grayly pole, but quiet. Thou must be stript out of thy stately
garments ; And as thou earnest to me, In homely gray, instead of silk and ..."
2. Sunset by Southern Pacific Company. Passenger Dept, Southern Pacific Company (1912)
"Through half-closed eyes I dreamily watched soft white patches of sea fog floating
across dark lines of peak and canon of the great mountain towering grayly ..."
3. Harper's New Monthly Magazine by Henry Mills Alden (1882)
"... and Fielding, standing up, walked over to the window of his room and looked
out upon the red-streaked wintry sky, the silent, grayly colored city. ..."
4. The Century Illustrated Monthly Magazine by Roy J. Friedman Mark Twain Collection (Library of Congress) (1913)
"Gray-haired, gray-suited, as grayly dogmatic as a block of granite, the Senior
Surgeon loomed up at last in the doorway. "I 'm in a hurry," he growled. ..."
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