释义 |
yellowly, adv.|ˈjɛləʊlɪ| [f. as yellowish a. + -ly2.] With a yellow colour or light.
1611Cotgr., Iaulnement, yellowly. 1796W. Taylor in Monthly Mag. I. 404 Whether thy fair locks Yellowly curl in the clouds of the morning, or red in the West wave Quivering dip. 1833Tennyson Hesperides iv, When the fullfaced sunset yellowly Stays on the flowering arch of the bough. 1886Hardy Mayor Casterbr. xiii, The evening sun seemed to shine more yellowly. 1932W. Faulkner Light in August xiv. 314 He saw before daylight a lamp come yellowly alive in the kitchen. 1958I. Fleming Dr. No vi. 78 The centipede was whipping from side to side in its agony... Bond hit it again. It burst open, yellowly. 1968P. Dickinson Skin Deep ix. 165 The home-made candles burnt yellowly. 1978H. Wouk War & Remembrance x. 100 The lights flickered yellowly on. |