English
sallowly
From sallow + -ly.
Formed from sallow + -ly
Proto-Indo-European *selH-
Proto-Germanic *salwaz ‘dusky, grey’
Proto-West Germanic *salu ‘dusky, grey’
Old English salu ‘dusky’
Middle English salowe
English sallow
Today it means
adv In a sallow manner.
Sources
Sources: Wiktionary, “sallowly”. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.
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