whitely
Americanadverb
Etymology
Origin of whitely
late Middle English word dating back to 1350–1400; see origin at white, -ly
Example Sentences
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“With the hooting and the hollering,” Mr Senecal recalls whitely.
From The Guardian • Mar. 17, 2016
The captain turned upon his gunbearer a face in which horror whitely flickered.
From Time Magazine Archive
For five innings Sherdel, famed for his delayed ball, pitched perfectly; his slow curves wound whitely up to the plate and winked out of sight into Catcher O'Farrell's glove while Yankee batsmen swore and pirouetted.
From Time Magazine Archive
For the last time handsome, sad-eyed Leopold III looked down from his Laeken palace-prison on swans nodding whitely in a blue lake, on the withering bloom of purple rhododendrons beneath stately beeches.
From Time Magazine Archive
Presently she rang a small clear bell, then in the kitchen Luster heard Mrs Compson and Jason descending, and Jason’s voice, and he rolled his eyes whitely with listening.
From "The Sound and the Fury" by William Faulkner
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