redly

[ red-lee ]

adverb

1. with a red color or glow:

   a bonfire blazing redly in the dark.

Word History and Origins

Origin of redly¹

First recorded in 1605–15; red ¹ + -ly

Example Sentences

There was a scar in the shape of a cross on the man's swarthy cheek, and it glowed redly with the anger that filled him.

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Across the river was the hunched sky-line of Doulton's potteries, and a kiln flared redly.

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It was now plunged in the blue of the first darkness; but the recess was redly lighted by the fire.

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The doctor pondered a moment, while Briggs pressed a hand to his thick neck, redly swollen with heat and rum.

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A glass globe that glowed redly on the top of a complicated mechanism, was struck and burst with a popping sound.

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