MELLOWLY
mellowly, mellow
(adverb) in a mellow manner
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adverb
mellowly (comparative more mellowly, superlative most mellowly)
In a mellow manner.
Source: Wiktionary
Mel"low*ly, adv.
Definition: In a mellow manner.
MELLOW
Mel"low, a. [Compar. Mellower; superl. Mellowest.] Etym: [OE. melwe;
cf. AS. mearu soft, D. murw, Prov. G. mollig soft, D. malsch, and E.
meal flour.]
1. Soft or tender by reason of ripeness; having a tender pulp; as, a
mellow apple.
2. Hence:
(a) Easily worked or penetrated; not hard or rigid; as, a mellow
soil. "Mellow glebe." Drayton
(b) Not coarse, rough, or harsh; subdued; soft; rich; delicate; --
said of sound, color, flavor, style, etc. "The mellow horn."
Wordsworth. "The mellow-tasted Burgundy." Thomson.
The tender flush whose mellow stain imbues Heaven with all freaks of
light. Percival.
3. Well matured; softened by years; genial; jovial.
May health return to mellow age. Wordsworth.
As merry and mellow an old bachelor as ever followed a hound. W.
Irving.
4. Warmed by liquor; slightly intoxicated. Addison.
Mel"low, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Mellowed; p. pr. & vb. n. Mellowing.]
Definition: To make mellow. Shak.
If the Weather prove frosty to mellow it [the ground], they do not
plow it again till April. Mortimer.
The fervor of early feeling is tempered and mellowed by the ripeness
of age. J. C. Shairp.
Mel"low, v. i.
Definition: To become mellow; as, ripe fruit soon mellows. "Prosperity
begins to mellow." Shak.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition