Balmily
/ˈbɔ(l)məli/ adv
adv ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Adverb
- 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 in a mildly insane manner wordnet
Example
More examples"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.