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Whitely

adj, adv, name

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    pale-facedly. Scotland, archaic

    "15th c., Robert Henryson, The Testament of Cresseid, lines 213-214, The secund steid to name hecht Ethios, Quhitlie and paill […]"

Adverb
  1. 1
    In a white manner.

    "[…] she opened a door which disclosed a staircase so whitely scrubbed that the grain of the wood was wellnigh sodden away by such cleansing."

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname.

Etymology

Etymology 1

From white + -ly.

Etymology 2

From white + -ly.

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