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bluely

adverb

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Wiktionary

adv

Etymology: From blue + -ly.

  1. In a blue manner; bluishly.

    “I pursed my lips thoughtfully, then reached out to prod the bluely gleaming chest of the thing with, I suppose, some notion of rolling it off the bed, […]”

    “By now the bluely luminescent slug-gods were close indeed and their coughing calls loud in the darkness, […]”

noun

  1. Porpoise.

    “The Sussex fishermen call the porpoise 'Bluely'.”