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redly

redly

1 9.1
In a way that has a red color or glow
  • adverb
  • /ˈrɛdli/
translation icon : rojamente
  • The sunset painted the sky redly, casting a warm glow over the fields.
  • glowed redly

Examples

  • "Tall and lean, the firelight reflecting redly from his eyes, High resembled nothing so much as a leading wolf in a pack closing in on prey.

    Fiction book (1992)

  • "Thirteen million smackers for a whelp who ain't even old enough to shave," said Bismarck, his eyes glowing redly behind the tinted lenses.

    Fiction book (1998)

  • Suddenly, she was aware of light strong enough to shine redly through her eyelids.

    Fiction book (2000)

  • His skin glowed redly in the light from the cranberry glass wall sconces.

    Fiction book (1996)

  • "Is this a holdup?" He pointed to the cab, its taillights winking redly as it pulled back onto the highway.

    Fiction book (1996)

  • Hydrogen-helium smoke poured from a nozzle, redly and restlessly aglow with fluorescence.

    Fiction book (2001)

  • The Green Mountain Spire was dark most of the way up now, the sunlight glinting redly off the top hundred meters or so, and inching upward with near-visible speed.

    Fiction book (2002)

  • "And are you the fellow who pried the gargoyle off St. Roland's earlier in the day?" Harry took a long drag on his cigar, causing the tip to sparkle redly.

    Fiction book (2002)

  • Yuccas flower in sunlit spaces, live oaks streaked with moss hang over dark, grassless patches; here and there, mallows bloom redly.

    Fiction book (1990)

  • The children's cheeks glowed redly as they played outside in the cold.

Synonyms

sanguinely
vsredly
  • Archaic
9.9

With a deep red colour like blood

is a neutral pure color and glow rather than intense literary blood tone
rosily
vsredly
5.4

In a pink, flushed way like cheeks after running

is a purer stronger hue and glow rather than pink or flushed

Surface Forms

redly positive

Morphology

redly = red (transparent) = red + ly

Standard adverb formation from the adjective 'red' using the productive suffix '-ly', so the meaning is directly derived.

Etymology

Redly comes from the old English word red, which simply meant 'red' and is like an old German word for the same color. So redly means 'in a red way', for example glowing or turning red.