[f. WHITE a. + -LY2.] So as to be or appear white; with a white color or aspect.

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1398.  Trevisa, Barth. De P. R., VIII. xxvi. (Tollem. MS.). Amonge all sterres Venus schineþ most comfortabely and whitly.

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1611.  Cotgr., Candidement, whitely, fairely, in white.

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1818.  Keats, Endym., I. 626. See her hovering feet, More bluely vein’d,… more whitely sweet Than those of sea-born Venus.

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1844.  Browning, Laboratory, i. These faint smokes curling whitely.

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1876.  Hardy, Ethelberta, i. A whitely shining oval of still water.

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