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bluishly

bluishly adverb: in a bluish way.

Adverb

bluishly (comparative more bluishly, superlative most bluishly)

  1. In a bluish way.
    • “Go light a candle,” cried Baker, sternly, “and be quick about it.” The trembling old man obeyed, and in a moment the imperfect rays flared upon his whitening hairs and bluishly pallid face.1865, George Alfred Townsend, The Life, Crime, and Capture of John Wilkes Booth, New York: Dick & Fitzgerald, Letter IV, p. 31
    • As he moved out into the darkness, for he was beyond the orbit of the candles' influence, the lightning struck again and flared bluishly through the broken window so that at one and the same moment both Swelter and Flay caught sight of one another.1946, Mervyn Peake, “Blood at Midnight”, in Titus Groan, London: Eyre & Spottiswoode

Forms of bluishly

comparativemore bluishly
superlativemost bluishly

Origin of bluishly

From bluish + -ly.

Questions about bluishly

What does bluishly mean?
Bluishly means in a bluish way.
What part of speech is bluishly?
Bluishly is an adverb.

Words near bluishly in the dictionary

  1. bluier
  2. bluiest
  3. bluing
  4. bluings
  5. bluish
  6. bluishly
  7. bluishness
  8. bluism
  9. bluiter
  10. bluitered
  11. bluitering

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