grayly, greyly
(adverb) having a grey appearance; ālonely creeks are opal in the dawn, sword-blue in the sun, greyly silver under misty moonsā
Source: WordNet® 3.1
grayly (comparative more grayly, superlative most grayly)
In a gray way.
Source: Wiktionary
Gray, a. [Compar. Grayer (; superl. Grayest.] Etym: [OE. gray, grey, AS. grg, grg; akin to D. graauw OHG. gro, G. grau, Dan. graa, Dw. gr, Icel. grdr.] [Written also grey.]
1. White mixed with black, as the color of pepper and salt, or of ashes, or of hair whitened by age; sometimes, a dark mixed color; as, the soft gray eye of a dove. These gray and dun colors may be also produced by mixing whites and blacks. Sir I. Newton.
2. Gray-haired; gray-headed; of a gray color; hoary.
3. Old; mature; as, gray experience. Ames. Gray antimony (Min.), stibnite.
– Gray buck (Zoƶl.), the chickara.
– Gray cobalt (Min.), smaltite.
– Gray copper (Min.), tetrahedrite.
– Gray duck (Zoƶl.), the gadwall; also applied to the female mallard.
– Gray falcon (Zoƶl.) the peregrine falcon.
– Gray Friar. See Franciscan, and Friar.
– Gray hen (Zoƶl.), the female of the blackcock or black grouse. See Heath grouse.
– Gray mill or millet (Bot.), a name of several plants of the genus Lithospermum; gromwell.
– Gray mullet (Zoƶl.) any one of the numerous species of the genus Mugil, or family MugilidƦ, found both in the Old World and America; as the European species (M. capito, and M. auratus), the American striped mullet (M. albula), and the white or silver mullet (M. Braziliensis). See Mullet.
– Gray owl (Zoƶl.), the European tawny or brown owl (Syrnium aluco). The great gray owl (Ulula cinerea) inhabits arctic America.
– Gray parrot (Zoƶl.), a parrot (Psittacus erithacus), very commonly domesticated, and noted for its aptness in learning to talk.
– Gray pike. (Zoƶl.) See Sauger.
– Gray snapper (Zoƶl.), a Florida fish; the sea lawyer. See Snapper.
– Gray snipe (Zoƶl.), the dowitcher in winter plumage.
– Gray whale (Zoƶl.), a rather large and swift California whale (Rhachianectes glaucus), formerly taken in large numbers in the bays;
– called also grayback, devilfish, and hardhead.
Gray, n.
1. A gray color; any mixture of white and black; also, a neutral or whitish tint.
2. An animal or thing of gray color, as a horse, a badger, or a kind of salmon. Woe worth the chase, woe worth the day. That coats thy life, my gallant gray. Sir W. Scott.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
29 December 2024
(adjective) being long-lasting and recurrent or characterized by long suffering; āchronic indigestionā; āa chronic shortage of fundsā; āa chronic invalidā
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