HOARILY

Etymology

Adverb

hoarily (comparative more hoarily, superlative most hoarily)

In a hoary manner.

Synonyms

• venerably; see also oldly

Source: Wiktionary


HOARY

Hoar"y, a.

1. White or whitish."The hoary willows." Addison.

2. White or gray with age; hoar; as, hoary hairs. Reverence the hoary head. Dr. T. Dwight.

3. Hence, remote in time past; as, hoary antiquity.

4. Moldy; mossy; musty. [Obs.] Knolles.

5. (Zoƶl.)

Definition: Of a pale silvery gray.

6. (Bot.)

Definition: Covered with short, dense, grayish white hairs; canescent. Hoary bat (Zoƶl.), an American bat (Atalapha cinerea), having the hair yellowish, or brown, tipped with white.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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