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palely

adv
/ˈpeɪl.li/

Etymology

From pale + -ly.

  1. derived from *pelito-✻
  2. derived from pallidus
  3. derived from pale
  4. inherited from pale
  5. suffixed as palely — “pale + ly”

Definitions

  1. In a pale manner

    In a pale manner; lightly.

    • O what can ail thee, knight-at-arms, / Alone and palely loitering? / The sedge has withered from the lake, / And no birds sing.
    • The people are palely prosperous. They lead monotonous lives.
    • It was a warm dark night of faint clouds through which the moon shone palely as through a thin silk canopy.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA