rosilyadv.
/ˈrəʊzᵻli/, U.S. /ˈroʊzəli/ With a rosy colour; in a rosy manner.
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the world > matter > colour > named colours > red or redness > [adverb] > rose-red
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roseately1834
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1809 B. H. Malkin tr. A. R. Le Sage Adventures Gil Blas IV. x. x. 148 They live like so many sons of the church, rosily, merrily, and fatly.
1852 M. Arnold Empedocles on Etna, & Other Poems ii. 81 The white Olympus-peaks Rosily brighten.
1893 E. H. Barker Wanderings by S. Waters 7 The after-light of sunset was lingering rosily upon the naked crags.
1920 E. Ferber Half Portions ii. 40 The gold frames, glittering undimmed, the cheeks as rosily glowing as ever, found temporary resting place in a nondescript back chamber known as the sewing room.
1922 J. Joyce Ulysses ii. ix. [Scylla & Charybdis] 188 The benign forehead of the quaker librarian enkindled rosily with hope.
1956 Z. Grey Stranger from Tonto i. 6 The billets of ironwood in the fireplace glowed rosily.
1997 N.Y. Times Bk. Rev. 30 Mar. 26/3 Few cultural spectacles glow as rosily as the pre-digital Futuramas and Tomorrowlands we remember from former World's Fairs.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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