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milkily

  • a word derived from milky.

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Bonnie came unto us one January morning when the pale sun glimmered milkily over the icy Somerset fields.

From The Guardian May 3, 2010

And her milkily colored eyes bored into his with a fierce intensity.

From The Tree of Life by Moore, C. L. (Catherine Lucile)

And when she said that he could not possibly love a homely, scrawny old maid like her, he delivered a eulogy that would have struck Aphrodite, rising milkily from the sea, as a slight exaggeration.

From In a Little Town by Hughes, Rupert

The slate roof sparkles in the sun, but it sparkles milkily, vaguely, the great glass-houses put out its shining.

From Men, Women and Ghosts by Lowell, Amy

They were the most amazing eyes he had ever met, colored like moonstone, milkily translucent, so that they looked almost blind.

From The Tree of Life by Moore, C. L. (Catherine Lucile)