Ravenly
adj, adv ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 Of, relating to, or resembling a raven or ravens; ravenlike.
"And the kitchen-drawer ching, Playing the countless changes, and The fetes one plans, coveting The wrapped hoards of the traders, and thinking "The ravenly winter is all yours.""
- 1 In a ravenlike manner.
"E'en now from starry Gerizim or Ebal's cloudy crown We call the dews of blessing or the bolts of cursing down." There is an optimism which boasts in its own strength and there is a pessimism which ravenly invites the woes it dreads."
Example
More examples"And the kitchen-drawer ching, Playing the countless changes, and The fetes one plans, coveting The wrapped hoards of the traders, and thinking "The ravenly winter is all yours.""
Etymology
From raven + -ly.
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