balmily

English

Etymology

From balmy +‎ -ly.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈbɑːmɪli/
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈbɔ(l)məli/, /ˈbɑ(l)məli/
  • Homophone: barmily (non-rhotic)

Adverb

balmily (comparative more balmily, superlative most balmily)

  1. In a balmy manner.
    • 1811, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, The Virgin's Cradle-hymn:
      Sleep, sweet babe! my cares beguiling:
      Mother sits beside thee smiling:
      Sleep, my darling, tenderly!
      If thou sleep not, mother mourneth,
      Singing as her wheel she turneth:
      Come, soft slumber, balmily.

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