Wanly

adv

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Definitions

Adverb
  1. 1
    In a wan or pale manner.

    "She has the faded look of a St. James's Street illumination, as it may be seen of an early morning, when half the lamps are out, and the others are blinking wanly, as if they were about to vanish like ghosts before the dawn."

Adverb
  1. 1
    in a weak or pale or languid manner wordnet

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"She has the faded look of a St. James's Street illumination, as it may be seen of an early morning, when half the lamps are out, and the others are blinking wanly, as if they were about to vanish like ghosts before the dawn."

Etymology

From wan + -ly.

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