ashilyとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

ashy +‎ -ly

副詞

ashily (comparative more ashily, superlative most ashily)

1. In an ashy way.
   • 1855, Thomas Caulfield Irwin, “The Fairies’ Child” in Edward Hayes (ed.), The Ballads of Ireland, London: A. Fullarton, Volume 2, p. 113,^[1]

     The window is full of the bare blue gloom,

     And by the low hearth ashily sinking,

     Half asleep, is a fairy winking.

   • 1913, Marie Belloc Lowndes, The End of Her Honeymoon, New York: Scribner, Chapter 6, p. 105,^[2]

     A low exclamation of horror escaped from Nancy Dampier’s lips. She turned ashily pale.

   • 1965, John Fowles, The Magus, Boston: Little, Brown, Part 2, Chapter 49, pp. 318-319,^[3]

     A man was standing on top of the bluff, ashily silhouetted against the night sky.