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sallowly

sallowly adverb: in a sallow manner.

Adverb

sallowly (comparative more sallowly, superlative most sallowly)

  1. In a sallow manner.
    • Where the far chalk cliffs, to the left displayed,
      Smile sallowly in the decline of day.1914, Thomas Hardy, 'At a Watering-Place' in Satires of Circumstance, Macmillan, page 63

Forms of sallowly

comparativemore sallowly
superlativemost sallowly

Origin of sallowly

From sallow + -ly.

Questions about sallowly

What does sallowly mean?
Sallowly means in a sallow manner.
What part of speech is sallowly?
Sallowly is an adverb.

Words near sallowly in the dictionary

  1. sallower
  2. sallowest
  3. sallowfaced
  4. sallowing
  5. sallowish
  6. sallowly
  7. sallowness
  8. sallows
  9. sallowthorn
  10. sallowthorns
  11. sallowy

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