Balmily

//ˈbɔ(l)məli// adv

adv ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adverb
  1. 1
    In a balmy manner.

    "Sleep, sweet babe! my cares beguiling: Mother sits beside thee smiling: Sleep, my darling, tenderly! If thou sleep not, mother mourneth, Singing as her wheel she turneth: Come, soft slumber, balmily."

Adverb
  1. 1
    in a mildly insane manner wordnet

Synonyms

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daftlydottilynuttilywackily

Example

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"Sleep, sweet babe! my cares beguiling: Mother sits beside thee smiling: Sleep, my darling, tenderly! If thou sleep not, mother mourneth, Singing as her wheel she turneth: Come, soft slumber, balmily."

Etymology

From balmy + -ly.

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