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greyly
adverb
UK(USgrayly)uk /ˈɡreɪ.li/ us /ˈɡreɪ.li/
greylyadverb (COLOUR)
with a grey colour:
The buildings squat greyly at the end of the street.
There were jagged mountains, with more mountains looming greyly behind them.
in a way that involves cloudy weather, with not much light:
The rain drifted greyly past.
The grey sky drizzled, greyly, into the grey river below.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Black, white & grey
blackness
coaly
dove grey
ebony
gray
greyish
greyness
gunmetal grey
jet black
lily-white
non-colour
pearl
pearly
pitch dark
pitchy
sable
snow white
sombrely
sooty
steel-gray
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greylyadverb (BORING)
in a sad and boring way, or feeling sad and bored:
He rose greyly to his feet.
She woke up greyly.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Tedious and uninspiring
(as) dull as ditchwateridiom
anonymous
banal
banally
basic
marmoreal
meh
menial
menially
middle-aged
staidly
stale
staleness
stodgily
stodgy
watch paint dryidiom
watch the clockidiom
wearisome
wearisomely
weary
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