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greenly

greenly adjective: characterized by greenness or lushness; verdant.

Adjective

greenly (comparative more greenly, superlative most greenly)

  1. Characterized by greenness or lushness; verdant.
    • How then is it possible that Methodism, that is, a religion of the heart, though it flourishes now as a greenly tree, should continue in this state?1999, Marva J. Dawn, A Royal Waste of Time

Adverb

greenly (comparative more greenly, superlative most greenly)

  1. With a green color.
    • But within this swarded circle, into which the lime-walk brings us —
      Whence the beeches rounded greenly, stand away in reverent fear;
      I will let no music enter, saving what the fountain sings us […]1844, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Lady Geraldine's Courtship
    • Sylvia loved dancing, and knew "wall flowers" only by sight; therefore she was busy; her lover's gift shone greenly in bosom, hair, and fleecy skirts[…]1865, Louisa May Alcott, Moods, page 131
  2. In a naive or immature manner.
    • They […] proposed that we should join them in a plan to drench the president next morning with freezing water. We consented greenly enough.1880, Robert W. Bigham, Thomas Osmond Summers, Wine and Blood, page 53

Proper noun capitalized: Greenly

Greenly (plural Greenlys)

  1. A surname.

greenly meaning in Urdu and Kannada

greenly in Urdu

بلاہوشیاری سے

greenly in Kannada

ಹಚ್ಚಗೆ

Synonyms of greenly

All synonyms of greenly

Forms of greenly

Adjective
comparativemore greenly
superlativemost greenly
Adverb
comparativemore greenly
superlativemost greenly
Proper noun
pluralGreenlys

Origin of greenly

From green + -ly.

Words formed from greenly

Questions about greenly

What does greenly mean?
Greenly means characterized by greenness or lushness; verdant.
What is greenly in Urdu?
Greenly in Urdu is بلاہوشیاری سے. See Greenly meaning in Urdu.
What part of speech is greenly?
Greenly can be an adjective, an adverb or a proper noun.

Words near greenly in the dictionary

  1. greenling
  2. greenlings
  3. greenlining
  4. greenlit
  5. Greenloaning
  6. greenly
  7. Greenlys
  8. greenmail
  9. greenmailed
  10. greenmailer
  11. greenmailers

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: greenly (page history and authors); Greenly (page history and authors); greenly (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); greenly (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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