ruddily
Syllables: rud·di·lyUK/ˈɹʌdɪli/US/ˈɹʌdəli/
ruddily adverb: in a ruddy way; with red colour.
Adverb
ruddily (comparative more ruddily, superlative most ruddily)
- In a ruddy way; with red colour.
- Many a hand's on a richer hilt, / But none on a steel more ruddily gilt; [...]1816 February 13, [Lord Byron], “The Siege of Corinth”, in The Siege of Corinth. A Poem. Parisina. A Poem, London: […] [T[homas] Davison] for John Murray, […], →OCLC, stanza XXVI, page 43, lines...
- I notice that each of the myriad towel carts on the Dreamward’s Deck 12 is manned by its very own Towel Guy, and that their Towel Guys are ruddily Nordic and nonspectral and have nothing resembling withering neutrality or boredom about their mien.1997, David Foster Wallace, “A Supposedly Fun Thing I’ll Never Do Again”, in A Supposedly Fun Thing I’ll Never Do Again, Kindle edition, Little, Brown Book Group
Forms of ruddily
| comparative | more ruddily |
|---|---|
| superlative | most ruddily |
Origin of ruddily
From ruddy + -ly.
Questions about ruddily
- What does ruddily mean?
- Ruddily means in a ruddy way; with red colour.
- What part of speech is ruddily?
- Ruddily is an adverb.
- How do you pronounce ruddily?
- Ruddily is pronounced /ˈɹʌdɪli/ (UK).
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