greyly
In ashen manner
Greyly means in a grey manner—dull, cheerless, or lacking color or vitality.
The word describes how light falls on overcast days, how someone speaks without enthusiasm, or how a scene appears drained of warmth: The morning dawned greyly.
British spelling of grayly.
In a dejected manner
- bleaklyIn hopeless manner
- moroselyIn sullen spirits
- somberlyIn a sad, serious manner
- drearilyIn a bleak manner
melancholically · mournfully · desolately · forlornly · dismally · cheerlessly · joylessly · despondently
Without liveliness or sharpness
- dimlyWith weak illumination
- pallidlyIn a colorless manner
- wanlyFeebly, without energy
- bleaklyIn hopeless manner
lifelessly · colorlessly · flatly · murkily · hazily · shadowily · mistily · smokily
In unclear fashion
- hazilyIn unclear fashion
- murkilyIn an unclear manner
- nebulouslyIn an unclear manner
- fuzzilyIn unclear manner
obscurely · dimly · unclearly · shadowily · blurrily · faintly · indefinitely · amorphously
Without liveliness or sharpness
- drablyIn a dull manner
- blandlyWithout distinctive character
- lifelesslyWithout signs of vitality
- colorlesslyWithout vibrancy or interest
tediously · flatly · prosaically · uninspiringly · insipidly · uninterestingly · mundanely · expressionlessly
Without visible reaction
- neutrallyWithout favoring either side
- indifferentlyWithout preference or concern
- detachedlyIn uninvolved manner
- dispassionatelyWithout emotional involvement
stoically · unemotionally · phlegmatically · blankly · expressionlessly · woodenly · flatly · coolly
gloomily
In a dejected manner
drearily · melancholically · mournfully · desolately · forlornly · dismally · cheerlessly · joylessly · despondently · wistfully
dully
Without liveliness or sharpness
bleakly · lifelessly · colorlessly · flatly · murkily · hazily · shadowily · mistily · smokily · foggily
vaguely
In unclear fashion
- hazilyIn unclear fashion
- murkilyIn an unclear manner
- nebulouslyIn an unclear manner
fuzzily · obscurely · dimly · unclearly · shadowily · blurrily · faintly · indefinitely · amorphously · imprecisely
dully
Without liveliness or sharpness
- drablyIn a dull manner
- blandlyWithout distinctive character
- lifelesslyWithout signs of vitality
colorlessly · tediously · flatly · prosaically · uninspiringly · insipidly · uninterestingly · mundanely · expressionlessly · tonelessly
impassively
Without visible reaction
- neutrallyWithout favoring either side
- indifferentlyWithout preference or concern
- detachedlyIn uninvolved manner
dispassionately · stoically · unemotionally · phlegmatically · blankly · expressionlessly · woodenly · flatly · coolly · reservedly
greylyvividly
With intense clarity
brightly · colorfully · brilliantly · radiantly · lustrously
greylycheerfully
In a glad manner
brightly · vivaciously · vibrantly · exuberantly · enthusiastically
- grey hair
- grey areaAmbiguous conceptual space
- grey waterGently used domestic wastewater
- grey skiesCloud-covered heavens
- grey matterNeuronal cell body tissue
- grey wolfLarge wild canine species