Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- With paleness; with a pale or wan look or appearance.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adverb In a pale manner; dimly; wanly; not freshly or ruddily.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adverb In a
pale manner;lightly .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adverb in a manner lacking interest or vitality
- adverb in a pale manner; without physical or emotional color
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Examples
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They came at her, faces too much in shadow to see more than palely gleaming eyes.
Dark Moon of Avalon Anna Elliott 2010
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She was standing at the very edge of the place where the circles joined, magic glowing palely at her feet.
The Demons Covenant Sarah Rees Brennan 2010
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Here the American comic atheist rises up: unencumbered, disenthralled, in rude existential health, not huddled palely in some priest-ridden twilight but soaking up the UV of reality.
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They came at her, faces too much in shadow to see more than palely gleaming eyes.
Dark Moon of Avalon Anna Elliott 2010
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She was standing at the very edge of the place where the circles joined, magic glowing palely at her feet.
The Demons Covenant Sarah Rees Brennan 2010
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Here the American comic atheist rises up: unencumbered, disenthralled, in rude existential health, not huddled palely in some priest-ridden twilight but soaking up the UV of reality.
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This pallid, anemic Rod-husk seems to have been drained of the life-force, palely loitering, limp and impotent, on the fringes of abject submission to the Guardian-Independent ethos of brillo-bearded, sandal-shod, bleeding-heart piety.
Giving evidence to the Chilcot inquiry, Tony Blair said: “I... 2010
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Simmering palely over the huge oval stage like morning mist, tutus spread out like water lilies, they work the poetic metaphors of the titular lake more thoroughly than any production I know.
Swan Lake 2010
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Here the American comic atheist rises up: unencumbered, disenthralled, in rude existential health, not huddled palely in some priest-ridden twilight but soaking up the UV of reality.
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They came at her, faces too much in shadow to see more than palely gleaming eyes.
Dark Moon of Avalon Anna Elliott 2010
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