gray
adjective
of a color between white and black; having a neutral hue.
grayly
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a word derived from
gray.
Example Sentences
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The Met’s de facto house director these days, David McVicar, offered a grayly old-fashioned production of Verdi’s “Don Carlos.”
From New York Times ● Jun. 12, 2022
The gif that’s most often attached to Contagion tweets features Paltrow writhing grayly on a hospital bed.
From Slate ● Jan. 30, 2020
It was a little after lunchtime, and sun filtered grayly through the skylights.
From The New Yorker ● Mar. 18, 2019
Outside, Porthmadog’s squat houses shrank away and Miss Wren’s mountain came into view, rising grayly above the hills.
From "Hollow City" by Ransom Riggs
How think grayly amid that dazzle and glow any more than feel cold before that fire?
From Aurora the Magnificent by Gertrude Hall Brownell
