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Grayly vs Gayly - What's the difference?

grayly | gayly |

As adverbs the difference between grayly and gayly

is that grayly is in a gray way while gayly is cheerfully; in a gay manner.

grayly

English

Adverb

(en adverb)
  • In a gray way.

    • gayly

    English

    Adverb

    (en adverb)
  • Cheerfully; in a gay manner.
  • * {{quote-book, 1852, Mrs M.A. Thompson, chapter=The Tutor's Daughter, Graham's American Monthly Magazine of Literature, Art, and Fashion, page=266 citation
    • , passage=In the lightness of my heart I sang catches of songs as my horse gayly bore me along the well-remembered road.}}
  • * Sir Walter Scott
    • Gayly to bourgeon and broadly to grow.

    Usage notes

    The meaning "in a homosexual manner", while an obvious derivation of the current primary meaning of gay, rarely appears, and when it does, it is typically used with an awareness of its rarity.