eldritchly
English
Etymology
eldritch + -ly
Adverb
eldritchly (comparative more eldritchly, superlative most eldritchly)
- 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.
- 1981, Clark Ashton Smith, The City of the Singing Flame
Synonyms
- eerily
- uncannily