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grayly

grayly adverb: in a gray way.

Adverb

grayly (comparative more grayly, superlative most grayly)

  1. In a gray way.
    • I am now at the mosque. I walk across its large white courtyard, which glows grayly in the night.2024, Hisham Matar, My Friends, Random House (2025), page 39

Forms of grayly

comparativemore grayly
superlativemost grayly

Origin of grayly

From gray + -ly.

Questions about grayly

What does grayly mean?
Grayly means in a gray way.
What part of speech is grayly?
Grayly is an adverb.

Words near grayly in the dictionary

  1. graylings
  2. graylist
  3. graylisted
  4. graylisting
  5. graylists
  6. grayly
  7. graymail
  8. graymailed
  9. graymailing
  10. graymails
  11. graymalkin

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