Brumously

adv

adv ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adverb
  1. 1
    In a brumous way or manner.
  2. 2
    Murkily, foggily, hazily.

    "Half-way down the paddock, on the left, eastern side, stood a big oak tree, and behind this, in season, the full moon would rise, magnified and brumously honey-coloured in the horizon haze, then turning to clear silver as it climbed above the oak."

Example

More examples

"Half-way down the paddock, on the left, eastern side, stood a big oak tree, and behind this, in season, the full moon would rise, magnified and brumously honey-coloured in the horizon haze, then turning to clear silver as it climbed above the oak."

Etymology

From brumous + -ly.

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