ENGLISH DICTIONARY

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

  1. 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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