ashily

Adverb

ashily (comparative more ashily, superlative most ashily)

1. In an ashy way.
   • The window is full of the bare blue gloom,
     And by the low hearth ashily sinking,
     Half asleep, is a fairy winking.1855, Thomas Caulfield Irwin, “The Fairies’ Child”, in Edward Hayes, editor, The Ballads of Ireland, volume 2, London: A. Fullarton, page 113
   • A low exclamation of horror escaped from Nancy Dampier’s lips. She turned ashily pale.1913, Marie Belloc Lowndes, chapter 6, in The End of Her Honeymoon, New York: Scribner, page 105