ashily

English

Etymology

ashy +‎ -ly

Adverb

ashily (comparative more ashily, superlative most ashily)

1. In an ashy way.
   • 1855, Thomas Caulfield Irwin, “The Fairies’ Child”, in Edward Hayes, editor, The Ballads of Ireland‎^[1], volume 2, London: A. Fullarton, page 113:

     The window is full of the bare blue gloom,
     And by the low hearth ashily sinking,
     Half asleep, is a fairy winking.

   • 1913, Marie Belloc Lowndes, chapter 6, in The End of Her Honeymoon‎^[2], New York: Scribner, page 105:

     A low exclamation of horror escaped from Nancy Dampier’s lips. She turned ashily pale.

   • 1965, John Fowles, The Magus‎^[3], Boston: Little, Brown, Part 2, Chapter 49, pp. 318-319:

     A man was standing on top of the bluff, ashily silhouetted against the night sky.