hoary
adjective
gray or white with age.
hoarily
-
a word derived from
hoary.
Example Sentences
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John Roberts, the chief justice, hoarily dismissed this maths as “sociological gobbledygook”.
From Economist ● Oct. 5, 2017
P. obconic, umbo hemispher. prominent, at first hoarily silky then glabrous, dusky umber then pale; g. deeply decur.; s. flexile. atrorufa, Schaeff.
From European Fungus Flora: Agaricaceae by George Massee
Mr. Pemberton, senior, most hoarily awful of all the big chiefs, had indigestion or a poor balance-sheet.
From The Job An American Novel by Sinclair Lewis
