Whitely
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˈwʌɪtli/ · Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Whitely is an adjective meaning (now rare, Scotland) pale-facedly.
Meaning
(now rare, Scotland) pale-facedly.
More Meanings
- In a white manner.
Example Sentences
15th c., Robert Henryson, The Testament of Cresseid, lines 213-214, The secund steid to name hecht Ethios, Quhitlie and paill […]
[…] among three to loue the worst of all, / A whitly wanton, with a veluet brow, / With two pitch balles stucke in her face for eyes.
[…] she opened a door which disclosed a staircase so whitely scrubbed that the grain of the wood was wellnigh sodden away by such cleansing.
it is the autumn of a year: When through the thin air stooped with fear, across the harvest whitely peer empty of surprise death’s faultless eyes
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include whyte, white, white-on-white, wight, hoddengray, blate.
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