GREENLY


Meaning of GREENLY in English

adverb

( usually -er/-est )

1.

a. : with a green color

the … stream rushing between white crusts of frozen foam and washing greenly against ice-crowned boulders — Stephen Graham

b. : with green vegetation : verdantly

the earth broke greenly into spring — Millen Brand

2. : in an inexperienced manner : clumsily

we have done but greenly in hugger-mugger to inter him — Shakespeare

Webster's New International English Dictionary.      Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster.