Wanly

adv. [f. WAN a. + -LY².] With a wan look or appearance; palely, pallidly; fig. with a dejected air, sorrowfully.

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c. 1205. Lay., 25828. Þa iherde he wepen wunder ane swiðen. wepen and weinen and wanliche iberen. Ibid., 30288. Nu we maȝen wepen and wanliche iberen.

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1591. Sylvester, Du Bartas, V. i. 1028. An extream Fever … wanly did displace The Rose-mixt Lillies in her louely face.

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1849. Lytton, K. Arthur, I. xxxi. Save where the thin clouds wanly, slowly roll O’er the mute darkness of the forest mountain.

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1897. Flandrau, Harvard Episodes, 177. McGaw, looking ill at ease, but smiling wanly.

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