adv. [f. VERDANT a. + -LY2.] In a green or verdant manner; freshly, flourishingly.

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1828.  Moore, Believe me, if all those endearing young charms, i. Around the dear ruin each wish of my heart Would entwine itself verdantly still.

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1847.  in Webster.

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1889.  Gretton, Memory’s Harkback, 257. The special song of Madame A. was. ‘With verdure clad.’… Madame B. elected to be ‘verdantly’ clothed.

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  b.  In a raw or inexperienced manner; greenly.

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1864.  R. Kimball, Was he successful? I. xiii. 151. Perhaps to give the young fellow who was so verdantly staring at him a start.

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