redly

English

Etymology

From red +‎ -ly.

Adverb

redly (comparative more redly, superlative most redly)

1. In a red manner.
   • 1948, Edward Elmer Smith, Triplanetary : a Tale of Cosmic Adventure:

     Beams, rods, and lances of energy flamed and flared; planes and pencils cut, slashed, and stabbed; defensive screens glowed redly or flashed suddenly into intensely brilliant, coruscating incandescence.

   • 1979 October 12, Douglas Adams, chapter 3, in The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, London: Pan Books, →ISBN:

     […] you can sleep under it beneath the stars which shine so redly on the desert world of Kakrafoon […]

   • 1994, John Donnelly, Language, Metaphysics, and Death, Fordham Univ Press →ISBN, page 208

     But there are still two alternative interpretations of such expressions as "sensing red" or "sensing redly." (i) We might define "sensing redly" in such a way that our definiens makes explicit reference to things that are red.

Translations

in a red manner

• Esperanto: ruĝe
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Estonian: punaselt