greyly

comparative more greyly · superlative most greyly

1. In a grey way; in partial light.

   The interior of the kitchen we now saw grayly for the first time.

   1898, H.G. Wells, The War of the Worlds, London: William Heinemann, page 198

2. With a dreary or gloomy countenance.

   I got a compartment to myself, and sat with folded arms, looking grayly at the sunlit devastation that flowed past the windows

   1898, H.G. Wells, The War of the Worlds, London: William Heinemann, page 292