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viridly

viridly adverb: in a virid way: greenly or greenishly.

Adverb

viridly (comparative more viridly, superlative most viridly)

  1. (literary, poetic) In a virid way: greenly or greenishly.
    • Near-synonym: verdantly
    • Flinging itself at street and store window,
      Rainy darkness suddenly drenches the city.
      Wet, globulous lights are a-glimmer thro it,
      And wet motors, that swim by seethingly.
      Thunder rumbles down on windy umbrellas;
      And the sidewalks are paved with phosphorescence
      As a quick vein of lightning spills...1925, Cale Young Rice, “Rain in the city”, in Bitter Brew, Century Company, page 66

Synonyms of viridly

Forms of viridly

comparativemore viridly
superlativemost viridly

Origin of viridly

From virid + -ly.

Questions about viridly

What does viridly mean?
Viridly means in a virid way: greenly or greenishly.
What part of speech is viridly?
Viridly is an adverb.

Words near viridly in the dictionary

  1. viridite
  2. viridites
  3. viridities
  4. viriditoxin
  5. viridity
  6. viridly
  7. viridness
  8. viridofulvin
  9. virids
  10. virii
  11. virile

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