swarthily, adv.
(ˈswɔːðɪlɪ, -θ-)
[f. swarthy a.1 + -ly2.]
With a swarthy colour.
| 1755 Johnson, Swarthily, blackly; duskily; tawnily. [Hence in later Dicts.] 1955 J. Thomas No Banners v. 40 De Laurière was a tall man, swarthily handsome. 1981 Times Lit. Suppl. 20 Feb. 198/4 A swarthily soulful young boy sitting all alone on a chair in a predominantly bare room. |