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comparative more greyly, superlative most greyly
In a grey way; in partial light. quotations examples
The interior of the kitchen we now saw grayly for the first time.
1898, H.G. Wells, The War of the Worlds, London: William Heinemann, page 198
With a dreary or gloomy countenance. quotations examples
I got a compartment to myself, and sat with folded arms, looking grayly at the sunlit devastation that flowed past the windows
1898, H.G. Wells, The War of the Worlds, London: William Heinemann, page 292