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WANLY
wanly
(adverb) in a weak or pale or languid manner; “she was smiling wanly”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adverb
wanly (comparative more wanly, superlative most wanly)
In a wan or pale manner.
Anagrams
• Alwyn, lawny
Source: Wiktionary
Wan"ly, adv.
Definition: In a wan, or pale, manner.
WAN
Wan, obs. imp. of Win.
Definition: Won. Chaucer.
Wan (, a. Etym: [AS. wann, wonn, wan, won, dark, lurid, livid, perhaps originally, worn out by toil, from winnan to labor, strive. See Win.]
Definition: Having a pale or sickly hue; languid of look; pale; pallid. "Sad to view, his visage pale and wan." Spenser. My color . . . [is] wan and of a leaden hue. Chaucer. Why so pale and wan, fond lover Suckling. With the wan moon overhead. Longfellow.
Wan, n.
Definition: The quality of being wan; wanness. [R.] Tinged with wan from lack of sleep. Tennyson.
Wan, v. i.
Definition: To grow wan; to become pale or sickly in looks. "All his visage wanned." Shak. And ever he mutter'd and madden'd, and ever wann'd with despair. Tennyson.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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