bluely

adv 1noun 1

Collocations

ADJ.

boundless, gleaming

VERB + BLUELY

prod

BLUELY + NOUN

chest, luminescent, sea, slug-gods

PREP.

through

Definitions

adv

In a blue manner; bluishly.

I pursed my lips thoughtfully, then reached out to prod the bluely gleaming chest of the thing with, I suppose, some notion of rolling it off the bed, […]

By now the bluely luminescent slug-gods were close indeed and their coughing calls loud in the darkness, […]

noun

Porpoise.

The Sussex fishermen call the porpoise 'Bluely'.

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I pursed my lips thoughtfully, then reached out to prod the bluely gleaming chest of the thing with, I suppose, some notion of rolling it off the bed, […]

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By now the bluely luminescent slug-gods were close indeed and their coughing calls loud in the darkness, […]

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They formed an oval frame, through which the bluely boundless sea rolled […]

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The Sussex fishermen call the porpoise 'Bluely'.

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Usage Notes

i Register

In some senses, bluely is marked as obsolete, UK. Watch for register when choosing this word.

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