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REDLY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does redly mean? 

REDLY (adverb)
  The adverb REDLY has 1 sense:

1. displaying a red colorplay

  Familiarity information: REDLY used as an adverb is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


REDLY (adverb)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Displaying a red color

Context example:

the forge belched redly at the sky

Pertainym:

red (of a color at the end of the color spectrum (next to orange); resembling the color of blood or cherries or tomatoes or rubies)


 Context examples 


A full moon was beginning to rise and peered redly through the upper edges of the fog, and this increased our haste, for it was plain, before we came forth again, that all would be as bright as day, and our departure exposed to the eyes of any watchers.

(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)



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