viridly

comparative more viridly · superlative most viridly

1. literarypoeticIn a virid way: greenly or greenishly.

   Near-synonym: verdantly

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   Flinging itself at street and store window, Rainy darkness suddenly drenches the city. Wet, globulous lights are a-glimmer thro it, And wet motors, that swim by seethingly. Thunder rumbles down on windy umbrellas; And the sidewalks are paved with phosphorescence As a quick vein of lightning spills viridly Over the cornice-gray of the skyscrapers. A traffic-cop whistles and turns his semaphore, In dripping rubber. Feet scurry to shelter,— Slenderly stockinged ankles tempting among them, As again the green lightning momently gushes.

   1925, Cale Young Rice, “Rain in the city”, in Bitter Brew, Century Company, page 66

   Synonyms: viridescently, virescently, verdantly