Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

bluishly

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: bluish-ly
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

In a bluish way.

Example Sentences

"“Go light a candle,” cried Baker, sternly, “and be quick about it.” The trembling old man obeyed, and in a moment the imperfect rays flared upon his whitening hairs and bluishly pallid face."
"As he moved out into the darkness, for he was beyond the orbit of the candles' influence, the lightning struck again and flared bluishly through the broken window so that at one and the same moment both Swelter and Flay caught sight of one another."

Etymology

From bluish + -ly.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: bluish

Inflected Forms

more bluishly (comparative) most bluishly (superlative)

Questions

What does bluishly mean?: In a bluish way.
Where does bluishly come from?: From bluish + -ly.

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