eldritchly

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English

Etymology

From eldritch +‎ -ly.

Adverb

eldritchly (comparative more eldritchly, superlative most eldritchly)

  1. In an eldritch way.
    • 1981, Clark Ashton Smith, The City of the Singing Flame:
      ...with a cortege of dead kings about them, and the blown breath of skeletons thrilling eldritchly in the silver flutes.
    • 1985, Arthur Crew Inman, Daniel Aaron, The Inman Diary:
      The white eyeballs and white teeth of the horse, the panting flanks, the rigid legs all stood out eldritchly.
    • 1986, Larry McCaffery, Postmodern Fiction: A Bio-bibliographical Guide:
      With his co-editor Robert Shea, he became involved with the eldritchly comic Discordian Society, and together they eventually co-created The Illuminates.

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