greyly

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

grey +‎ -ly

Adverb[edit]

greyly (comparative more greyly, superlative most greyly)

  1. In a grey way; in partial light.
  2. With a dreary or gloomy countenance.
    • 1898, H.G. Wells, The War of the Worlds, London: William Heinemann, page 292:
      I got a compartment to myself, and sat with folded arms, looking grayly at the sunlit devastation that flowed past the windows