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sheenly

English

Etymology

sheen +? -ly

Adverb

sheenly (comparative more sheenly, superlative most sheenly)

  1. (poetic, archaic) brightly
    • 1832?, William Motherwell, The Ritters Ride Home
      The bay glitters sheenly in sunlight, / No oar shivers now its clear mirror.
    • 1840, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, A Child Asleep
      Shapes of brightness overlean thee, / With their diadems of youth / Striking on thy ringlets sheenly []

Anagrams

  • Hensley, henleys

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sheerly

English

Etymology

From Middle English schyrly, equivalent to sheer +? -ly.

Adverb

sheerly (comparative more sheerly, superlative most sheerly)

  1. Absolutely; purely; quite.
  2. At a very steep angle; precipitously.
  3. (obsolete) At once.

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