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词汇 greenly
释义 greenly
adverb
uk /ˈɡriːn.li/ us /ˈɡriːn.li/

greenlyadverb (COLOUR)


with a green colour, for example because of being covered with grass, trees, or other plants:
He gazed out at the greenly rippling fields.
The jungle canopy glowed greenly in the tropical sun.
The animals' eyes glittered greenly.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Common colours
blue
bluely
blueness
bluey
bluish
brown
green
greenish
orange
orangeness
orangey
pink
pinkish
purple
purpleness
purplish
redden
reddish
yellowish
yellowness

greenlyadverb (ENVIRONMENT)


in a way that does not damage the environment, or in a way that shows you care about the environment:
The party aimed to tax more greenly, without hitting the poorest.
Some of the people telling us how to live more greenly are real hypocrites.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Environmental issues
agroecology
air pollution
anoxia
anoxic
anti-conservation
carbon capture
dumping ground
eco-audit
eco-footprint
efficiency
energy conservation
energy security
environmental justice
environmentalism
reduce, reuse, recycleidiom
runoff
scrapyard
scrubber
sequester
sequestration

greenlyadverb (ILL)


with a pale colour that makes you look ill, as if you are going to vomit:
Leaning greenly over the table, he began to heave.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Vomiting & feelings of sickness
airsickness
bring
bring someone up
carsick
carsickness
chunder
disgorge
dry heave
nausea
nauseatingly
puke
retch
sick something up
sick to your stomachidiom
sick-making
sickeningly
spew
spew (something) up
travel sickness
vomit

greenlyadverb (WANTING SOMETHING)


in a way that shows you are unhappy because someone has something that you want:
He eyed his rival greenly.
They looked on greenly.
Synonym
enviously
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Envy and jealousy
all right
be green with envyidiom
covet
covetable
covetous
covetously
disgustingly
enviable
enviably
envious
enviously
envy
envyingly
green
grudge
jealous
jealously
possessive
possessively
threatened

Related words


greenadjective
greenness
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