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leaden | leadenly |

As an adjective leaden

is (dated) made of lead.

As an adverb leadenly is

in a leaden manner.

leaden

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • (dated) Made of lead.
  • Pertaining to or resembling lead; heavy, grey, sluggish.
  • * Ode to a Nightingale , John Keats
    • "Where but to think is to be full of sorrow And leaden-eyed despairs, Where Beauty cannot keep her lustrous eyes, Or new Love pine at them beyond to-morrow."
  • Dull; darkened with overcast.
    • the sky was leaden and thick
  • * 1999: Stardust , Neil Gaiman, page 31 (2001 Perennial paperback edition)
    • "It was at the end of February..., when the world was cold..., when icy rains fell from the leaden skies in continual drizzling showers."

    Anagrams

    * * English adjectives ending in -en

    leadenly

    English

    Adverb

    (en adverb)
  • In a leaden manner.
  • * {{quote-news, year=2008, date=February 9, author=Ben Brantley, title=An Indomitable Diva Played by, Well, an ..., work=New York Times citation
    • , passage=The post-hippie urban style of 1970 comes across as so leadenly soggy that it’s beyond sending up. }}