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Meaning of "greyly" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF GREYLY

greyly  [ˈɡreɪlɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF GREYLY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Greyly is an adverb.
The adverb is an invariable part of the sentence that can change, explain or simplify a verb or another adverb.

WHAT DOES GREYLY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

greyly

Grey

Grey or gray is an intermediate color between black and white. Grey is a neutral or achromatic color, meaning literally that it is a color "without color." It is the color of a cloud-covered sky, of ash and of lead. The first recorded use of grey as a color name in the English language was in AD 700. Grey is the dominant spelling in European and Commonwealth English, although gray remained in common usage in the UK until the second half of the 20th century. Gray has been the preferred American spelling since approximately 1825, although grey is an accepted variant.

Definition of greyly in the English dictionary

The definition of greyly in the dictionary is in a way that shows a grey colour. Other definition of greyly is in a dull or unattractive way.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH GREYLY


bailey
ˈbeɪlɪ
Baillie
ˈbeɪlɪ
Baily
ˈbeɪlɪ
Bareilly
bəˈreɪlɪ
corporale
ˌkɔːpəˈreɪlɪ
daily
ˈdeɪlɪ
Disraeli
dɪzˈreɪlɪ
gayly
ˈɡeɪlɪ
grayly
ˈɡreɪlɪ
Haley
ˈheɪlɪ
Israeli
ɪzˈreɪlɪ
Paley
ˈpeɪlɪ
paly
ˈpeɪlɪ
radiale
ˌreɪdɪˈeɪlɪ
Rayleigh
ˈreɪlɪ
scaly
ˈskeɪlɪ
snaily
ˈsneɪlɪ
ukelele
ˌjuːkəˈleɪlɪ
ukulele
ˌjuːkəˈleɪlɪ
wally
ˈweɪlɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE GREYLY

greyback
greybeard
greybearded
greyed out
greyhead
greyheaded
greyhen
greyhound
greyhound race
greyhound racing
greying
greyish
greylag
greylag goose
greylist
greyness
Greys
greystone
greywacke
greywether

WORDS THAT END LIKE GREYLY

brachydactyly
coyly
doyly
dryly
feyly
heterostyly
homophyly
homostyly
hyperdactyly
Lyly
macrodactyly
monophyly
pentadactyly
polydactyly
shyly
slyly
spryly
syndactyly
tetradactyly
wryly

Synonyms and antonyms of greyly in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «greyly» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF GREYLY

Find out the translation of greyly to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of greyly from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «greyly» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

greyly
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

greyly
570 millions of speakers

English

greyly
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

greyly
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

greyly
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

greyly
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

greyly
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

greyly
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

greyly
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Bersungguh-sungguh
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

greyly
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

greyly
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

greyly
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Greyly
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

greyly
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

greyly
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

गंभीरपणे
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

gri gri
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

greyly
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

greyly
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

greyly
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

greyly
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

greyly
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

greyly
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

greyly
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

greyly
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of greyly

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «GREYLY»

The term «greyly» is used very little and occupies the 176.500 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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Principal search tendencies and common uses of greyly
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «GREYLY» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «greyly» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «greyly» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about greyly

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «GREYLY»

Discover the use of greyly in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to greyly and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Shorelines
Greyly. Looking. Observing us Like doughy Gods, Casually throwing down Gales ofjudgement, To remind us They have final word, Casting vote, Black ball in Jeering clear view, Whilst preaching From surreal altar. Unseasonal dampness, At ...
Brighton Nightwriters, 2008
2
Coin of Gold: A Novel of Love and Greed
Greyly,. wetly, the dawn came. There was not, inthat house, a sense ofa new day, but a little more light to see by. The entire area was wrapped in a low cloud, and the sun gave offits weakest light begrudgingly. By dawn's early light, they saw ...
Linda E. Edwards, 2001
3
The Gardener's Magazine and Register of Rural & Domestic ...
Leaves trifid and pinnatifid, incisely serrate, cuneate at the base, greyly tomentose. Fruit spherical, pubescent, containing 5 stones, whose shells are thin. Leaves greyly tomentose, afterwards greener, never smooth. Stipules falcate, entire.
‎1836
4
Isle of the Dead
'All on my own,' Greyly snorted. 'Christmas and all on my own. My wife and I – we had a fight you see ...' 'No staff here either?' 'I gave them Christmasoff,' Greyly replied, smilingathisown largesse. 'Ididn't need them anyway.' He poured himself  ...
Alex Connor, 2013
5
THE GARDENER'S MAGAZINE
Leaves trifid and pinnatifid, incisely serrate, cuneate at the base, greyly tomentose. P'ruit spherical, pubescent, containing 5 stones, whose shells are thin . Leaves greyly tomentose, afterwards greener, never smooth. Stipules falcate, entire.
J.C. LOUNDON , F.L.S. H.S. & C, 1836
6
The Gardener's Magazine and Register of Rural & Domestic ...
Leaves trifid and pinnatifid, incisely serrate, cuneate at the base, greyly tomentose. Fruit spherical, pubescent, containing 5 stones, whose shells are thin. Leaves greyly tomentose, afterwards greener, nerer smooth. Stipules falcate, entire.
John Claudius Loudon, 1836
7
Dracol Draco
Nothing gets past you. You got the gun. You are in control. The atmosphere unnerves him with chills and goosebumps. The greyly white mist, the silvery gray rainfall, the silvery transparent slick overlapping the greyly black, twisting serpent,  ...
calibre (0.7.49) [http://calibre-ebook.com]
8
The Gardener's Magazine, and Register of Rural and Domestic ...
Leaves trifid and pinnatifid, incisely serrate, cuneate at the base, greyly tomentose. Fruit spherical, pubescent, containing 5 stones, whose shells are thin. Leaves greyly tomentose, afterwards greener, never smooth. Stipules falcate, entire.
John Claudius Loudon, 1836
9
Curia Regis Rolls XVIII (27 Henry III to 30 Henry III) (1243-45)
... 347 Greneweye, Greyneweye, William de, 746, 1 768 Eugenia wife of, 746, 1768 Grenewyz see Greenwich Grenstede see Grenestede Gresham, Norf, 92 Gresley, Grele, Grelle, Gresl', Gresleghe, Greyly, Margery (de), 1326, 1328 Ralph de, ...
Paul Brand, 1999
10
Looking Through Glass
Heloise Kaufman who had come on Tristram Greyly's arm was wearing a velvet gown and a tiara; she was insisting in her girlish way that she was Mary of Magdala. Embedded on the points of her tiara was a row of devil's heads. 'Mary called ...
Mukul Kesavan, 2008

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «GREYLY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term greyly is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Carefully constructed: The language of Franz Kafka
The Muirs' translations are beautifully expressed (though not always accurate), but they read rather greyly, and have no doubt contributed to ... «OUPblog, Jul 15»
2
Donald Macintyre's Sketch: Boris Johnson irons out his maiden …
As he droned greyly on – Sir John Major minus the charm or originality – his phrasemaking plumbed new depths of banality. Labour had been ... «The Independent, Jun 15»
3
FA Cup final: All about the now for Shay Given
A combination of Sherwood and the Cup had revived Villa, who had sagged greyly in Lambert's last months. “The whole experience, the new ... «Irish Times, May 15»
4
Game of Thrones Season 5 Spoilers: Ramsay Bolton's 'disturbing …
Ramsay's history includes castrating Theon Greyly (as well as torturing him) and being downright cruel to men and women we can't begin to ... «Unreality TV, Apr 15»
5
Conducting becoming for MSO's Sir Andrew Davis
Blue eyes and thick schoolboy's hair, short around the base and greyly floppy at the front. “The Davis thatch,” he chortles, gloating that his ... «The Saturday Paper, Mar 15»
6
Guardian first book award: the shortlist
... drenched in pearlescent light and stacked with enormous chrome confections of cloud, their wrinkled undersides greyly streaked and mottled ... «The Guardian, Nov 14»
7
'The Fame Lunches': Daphne Merkin is still wishing for mother's love
As a chronic mental patient, someone who was meant to sit on a thin hospital mattress and stare greyly into space. Didn't he know I was a writer ... «The Jewish Journal of Greater L.A., Aug 14»
8
Art seen:17 July
For the most part, the palette is muted, with many of the more close-up images emerging greyly from deep brown gloom. Where there is a more ... «Otago Daily Times, Jul 14»
9
Shed Of The Week: Mitsubishi FTO GPX
For some, greyly-imported JDM cars are distinctive and generally well-specified cars that, for reasons never fully explained, failed to go on full ... «Pistonheads.com, Jun 14»
10
Greening London's motorways
... harnessing to maximise footfall on their greyly paved retail space intentions. This type of dialogue between developers and their communities ... «The Ecologist, May 14»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Greyly [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/greyly>. May 2024 ».
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