purplely
With violet hue
In a purple manner or with purple coloring.
The word is rare and awkward-sounding, usually appearing in creative or humorous contexts: The sunset glowed purplely over the mountains.
Most writers prefer "with a purple tint" or similar phrasings.
Small five-petaled wildflower
amethyst · magenta · orchid · grape · eggplant · mulberry · heather · periwinkle
Extremely angry or discolored
- contusedSuffering tissue damage
- discoloredChanged from original hue
- mottledHaving irregular color patches
- blotchyIrregularly marked with patches
bluish · darkened · swollen · tender · injured · battered · marked · welted
Dimming after sundown
- sunsetDay yielding to darkness
- dawnDay's first glow
- duskyPartially shadowed, darkish
- shadowyObscured by darkness
hazy · dim · gloaming · ethereal · luminous · glowing · suffused · tinted
Of or befitting royalty
- majesticImpressively dignified and beautiful
- sovereignSupreme in power
- nobleTitled or virtuous
- coronationCeremony installing a sovereign
crown · throne · monarch · tyrian · dynasty · aristocratic · palatial · princely
Excessively ornate or ruddy
- ornateElaborately decorated
- overwroughtExcessively emotional or elaborate
- floweryElaborately ornamental in style
- extravagantExceeding sensible bounds
embellished · bombastic · grandiloquent · melodramatic · excessive · overblown · theatrical · ostentatious
violet
Small five-petaled wildflower
lilac · amethyst · magenta · orchid · grape · eggplant · mulberry · heather · periwinkle · aubergine
livid
Extremely angry or discolored
- contusedSuffering tissue damage
- discoloredChanged from original hue
- mottledHaving irregular color patches
blotchy · bluish · darkened · swollen · tender · injured · battered · marked · welted · blackened
dusk
Dimming after sundown
shadowy · hazy · dim · gloaming · ethereal · luminous · glowing · suffused · tinted · atmospheric
regal
Of or befitting royalty
coronation · crown · throne · monarch · tyrian · dynasty · aristocratic · palatial · princely · queenly
florid
Excessively ornate or ruddy
- ornateElaborately decorated
- overwroughtExcessively emotional or elaborate
- floweryElaborately ornamental in style
extravagant · embellished · bombastic · grandiloquent · melodramatic · excessive · overblown · theatrical · ostentatious · pompous
- dark purpleViolet with depth
- purple riceDeeply pigmented cereal grain
- Purple HeartMilitary wound decoration
- purple flowersBlooms in violet hues
- purple hazeViolet-tinted atmospheric conditions
- The Color PurpleWalker's Pulitzer-winning novel
purple, purpled, purples, purpler, purplest, purpleness, purpleheart