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eldritchly

eldritchly adverb: in an eldritch way.

Adverb

eldritchly (comparative more eldritchly, superlative most eldritchly)

  1. In an eldritch way.
    • ...with a cortege of dead kings about them, and the blown breath of skeletons thrilling eldritchly in the silver flutes.1981, Clark Ashton Smith, The City of the Singing Flame
    • The white eyeballs and white teeth of the horse, the panting flanks, the rigid legs all stood out eldritchly.1985, Arthur Crew Inman, Daniel Aaron, The Inman Diary
    Synonyms:
    eerily, uncannily

Synonyms of eldritchly

Forms of eldritchly

comparativemore eldritchly
superlativemost eldritchly

Origin of eldritchly

From eldritch + -ly.

Questions about eldritchly

What does eldritchly mean?
Eldritchly means in an eldritch way.
What part of speech is eldritchly?
Eldritchly is an adverb.

Words near eldritchly in the dictionary

  1. eldrich
  2. Eldridge
  3. Eldridges
  4. eldritch
  5. Eldritchian
  6. eldritchly
  7. eldritchness
  8. elds
  9. eldship
  10. ELDT
  11. ele

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