pinkly
- adverb
- /ˈpɪŋkli/
:
rosadamente
- Pamela's plump cheeks glowed pinkly.
Examples
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The wounds, bleeding and raw only moments ago, were now pinkly white as if the blood had been damned internally, as if they had already begun to heal.
Fiction book (1992) -
Lincoln straggles to his feet, britches clinging pinkly to his bottom.
Fiction book (2001) -
She grins pinkly, arranges her white hat over an ear.
Fiction book (1996) -
Socks put her head out from beneath a flowering bush and watched him go, her tongue protruding pinkly.
Fiction book (1999) -
"Girls? Girls?" The aunt dabbed a temple and gently, with a certain decorum, her chest, the tissue at the bosom pinkly crushed.
Fiction book (2002) -
When she opened the cupboard, Alvin saw the inch-high Tyrannosaurus erect and gaping pinkly among the mugs.
Fiction book (2002) -
The shaft of a paper knife protruded between her ribcage and armpit, and a ghastly stain spread pinkly over her heart, smelling faintly of cloves.
Fiction book (1993) -
The walls of the nursery were painted pinkly, creating a warm and cheerful atmosphere.
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As she smiled at her friend, her cheeks flushed pinkly in the warm sunlight.
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The flowers bloomed pinkly in the garden, attracting butterflies and bees.
Synonyms
In a pink, flushed way like cheeks after running
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word pinkly comes from pink, a color named after a small flower called a 'pink', and the ending -ly, which turns a word into a description of how something is done, just like in quickly. So pinkly means 'in a pink way' or 'with a pink color'.
