palely
1
6.8
- adverb
- /peɪl.li/
:
pálidamente
- She smiled palely at the compliment, her face showing no real joy or color.
- palely loitering
Examples
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In any event, this palely sunlit period from 1919 to 1939—long in the life of a generation but brief in the history of a nation—came to an end with the beginning of the Second World War, when suddenly the very survival of Finland was at stake.
Academic text (1992) -
In the early afternoon, the sun slanted palely through the nursery's high windows.
Fiction book (1994) -
But it was as if his own life were a movie with the sound shut off, its actions palely continuing.
Fiction book (1990) -
Eventually, the floodlights died... ...but David could still see her, palely, by day.
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Overhead, a light burned palely in the sunshine from the east window.
Fiction book (1991) -
The principal illumination in the corridor was from one distant, palely glowing panel of green emergency lighting on the ceiling.
Fiction book (1997) -
A windless, still night, palely illuminated by a three-quarter moon, a mad-eye moon, high overhead.
Fiction book (1995) -
"Her rounded arms were practically hairless; she crossed them over the bodice of her uniform, which shone palely white in the diffuse winter light.
Fiction book (1992) -
"I squinted through that dark little porthole at the great black fathomless universe and saw the moon, palely glowing; I looked at the moon probably for the first time in twenty years."
Fiction book (1990) -
Mikelis's office was a two-room suite in the heart of the office complex, the outer room carpeted and lit in tones that reflected palely from the polished, almost white wood-grained furniture.
Fiction book (1990)
Synonyms
47
2.7
In a way that is only slightly noticeable
8
3.9
In a weak way that shows little energy
7
1.8
In a way that is not clear to see or remember
1
8.8
In a weak, pale way that shows little energy
1
4.1
In a way that shows little light or shine
1
8.0
In a weak, pale way showing little energy
1
8.2
In a white or pale way
In a pale, weak way with little energy
Antonyms
How Pale
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Palely comes from the simple word pale plus the ending -ly, and pale goes back to an old Latin word meaning 'lacking color' or 'faint'. So to do something palely is to do it in a 'weak' or 'colorless' way, like a face or light that has little color.