单词 | palely |
释义 | palelyadv. In a pale manner; with a pale look or appearance; dimly, wanly. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > colour > state or mode of having colour > absence of colour > [adverb] > pale palelyc1450 wanly1605 bleakly1611 pallidly1656 c1450 in Mod. Philol. (1924) 21 391 (MED) Was sho lyke the bournyd white whalys bon..But not so paly whyte. 1548 Hall's Vnion: Edward IV f. ccxxxvii Ihon Cheulet..there stode so sadly, and so paly, without any worde speakyng, that [etc.]. 1595 J. Trussell Raptus I. Helenae sig. Cv Who palely shining gaue no perfect light, But each thing was obscurde by obscure night. 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Pallement, palely, wanly, bleakly. a1718 W. Penn Sandy Found. Shaken in Wks. (1726) I. 250 T. V. came very palely down the Stairs. a1791 T. Blacklock Hymn to Fortitude in Poems (1793) 30 While shrouded manes palely stare. 1817 T. Moore Lalla Rookh 358 The morn..o'er the Green Sea palely shines. 1842 W. G. Simms Beauchampe II. ii. 17 A white rose gleamed palely from amidst the raven hair upon her brow. 1880 L. Wallace Ben-Hur iv. x. 225 If he looked up, it was to see the sky palely blue. a1930 L. Hughes Coll. Poems (1995) 26 The morning star is palely bright Before the dawn. 1990 A. S. Byatt Possession xxii. 413 It was a good day, an English day, palely sunny, with patches of mist. 2000 K. Atkinson Emotionally Weird (2001) 334 Dr Dick, loitering palely in a corner of the room and deep in conversation with his arch adversary, Archie. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adv.c1450 |
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