redly
Americanadverb
Etymology
Origin of redly
Example Sentences
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When the switch is turned on, Miss Liberty's torch blinks redly, and an ingeniously spliced tape combines the distorted voice of Mae West with electronic sounds that convey a mounting hysteria of urban cacophony.
From Time Magazine Archive
He created neon lamps; cities and airports now glow redly, to his profit.
From Time Magazine Archive
The night telephone operator there saw their signal flashing redly from her switchboard; asked, respectfully, what they wished; put them in instant connection with the Fort Smith fire department.
From Time Magazine Archive
Their smoky glow flickered redly over the scraps and tatters of building material, as if they were the last remaining flames of a great conflagration, staying alive out of pure malice.
From "The Amber Spyglass" by Philip Pullman
Icicles hung from the brown briar of his beard, and his mustache was a lump of frozen snot, glittering redly in the light of sunset.
From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin
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