Brinily
adv
adv ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Adverb
- 1 In a briny or salty way.
"O they were speechful faces, gazing insistent, / Some as with smiles, / Some as with slow-born tears that brinily trundled / Over the wrecked Cheeks that were fair in their flush-time, ash now with anguish."
Example
More examples"O they were speechful faces, gazing insistent, / Some as with smiles, / Some as with slow-born tears that brinily trundled / Over the wrecked Cheeks that were fair in their flush-time, ash now with anguish."
Etymology
From briny + -ly.
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