whitely
With pale coloration
Whitely means in a white or pale manner: The moon shone whitely through the fog, Her face gleamed whitely in the darkness.
The adverb is uncommon, appearing mainly in literary or poetic contexts to describe how light falls or how something pale appears against its surroundings.
In colorless manner
- ashenPale, grayish-white
- bloodlessWithout shedding any gore
- pallidUnhealthily lacking color
- wanPale and unwell-looking
blanched · cadaverous · ghastly · colorless · peaked · sallow · drained · waxen
Steady, soft light
- gleamFaint reflected light
- radiantEmitting light or joy
- luminousEmitting or reflecting light
- glisteningReflecting light softly
shimmering · lustrous · incandescent · phosphorescent · moonlit · pearly · silvery · lucent
In phantom-like manner
- ethereallyIn an unearthly manner
- phantomlikeResembling a specter
- wraithlikeResembling a ghost
- hauntinglyIn a persistently unsettling way
eerily · supernaturally · transparently · insubstantially · diaphanously · faintly · shadowily
Without any expression
- baldlyWithout disguise or qualification
- austerelyWithout embellishment or excess
- harshlyIn severe manner
- starklyIn plain contrast
glaringly · bleakly · nakedly · severely · plainly · sparely · barrenly
Without intent to harm
- virtuouslyIn an upright manner
- immaculatelyIn perfect, unblemished manner
- spotlesslyCompletely without blemish
- unblemishedFree from any defect
pristinely · chastely · angelically · untainted · sanctified · virginally · blamelessly
palely
In colorless manner
wan · blanched · cadaverous · ghastly · colorless · peaked · sallow · drained · waxen · pasty
glow
Steady, soft light
glistening · shimmering · lustrous · incandescent · phosphorescent · moonlit · pearly · silvery · lucent · dazzlingly
spectrally
In phantom-like manner
- ethereallyIn an unearthly manner
- phantomlikeResembling a specter
- wraithlikeResembling a ghost
hauntingly · eerily · supernaturally · transparently · insubstantially · diaphanously · faintly · shadowily
blankly
Without any expression
- baldlyWithout disguise or qualification
- austerelyWithout embellishment or excess
- harshlyIn severe manner
starkly · glaringly · bleakly · nakedly · severely · plainly · sparely · barrenly
innocently
Without intent to harm
- virtuouslyIn an upright manner
- immaculatelyIn perfect, unblemished manner
- spotlesslyCompletely without blemish
unblemished · pristinely · chastely · angelically · untainted · sanctified · virginally · blamelessly
- black and whiteWithout middle ground
- white lieHarmless minor falsehood
- white flagSignal of capitulation
- white winePale fermented grape beverage
- white riceRefined grain, husk removed
- egg whiteClear protein surrounding yolk
white, whitewash, whiten, whites, whiter, whiteness, whiteout, whitened, whitest