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bluely

bluely adverb: in a blue manner; bluishly.

Adverb

bluely (comparative more bluely, superlative most bluely)

  1. In a blue manner; bluishly.
    • I pursed my lips thoughtfully, then reached out to prod the bluely gleaming chest of the thing with, I suppose, some notion of rolling it off the bed, […]2004, Ellen Datlow, The Dark: New Ghost Stories
    • By now the bluely luminescent slug-gods were close indeed and their coughing calls loud in the darkness, […]2005, Brian Lumley, The House of Cthulhu: Tales of the Primal Land

Noun

bluely (plural not attested)

  1. (UK, dialectal, no plural, obsolete, Sussex) Porpoise.
    • The Sussex fishermen call the porpoise 'Bluely'.1883, The Antiquary, page 260

Forms of bluely

comparativemore bluely
superlativemost bluely

Origin of bluely

From blue + -ly.

Questions about bluely

What does bluely mean?
Bluely means in a blue manner; bluishly.
What part of speech is bluely?
Bluely can be an adverb or a noun.

Words near bluely in the dictionary

  1. bluelines
  2. bluelining
  3. bluelink
  4. bluelinks
  5. bluelizardite
  6. bluely
  7. Bluemel
  8. Bluemels
  9. bluemink
  10. Bluemogganer
  11. Bluemogganers

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