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Mauve vs Mauvely - What's the difference?

mauve | mauvely |

As a noun mauve

is (historical) a bright purple synthetic dye.

As an adjective mauve

is having a pale purple colour.

As an adverb mauvely is

in a mauve manner; with a mauve colour.

mauve

English

(wikipedia mauve)

Noun

(en noun)
  • (historical) A bright purple synthetic dye.
  • The colour of this dye; a pale purple or violet colour.

    • Quotations

    * (English Citations of "mauve")

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • having a pale purple colour.

    • Quotations

    * (English Citations of "mauve")

    See also

    * ----

    mauvely

    English

    Adverb

    (en adverb)
  • In a mauve manner; with a mauve colour.
  • * 2003 , Janette Turner Hospital, Charades
    • She is deep in the stacks of the university library, her carrel in a mauvely lit cave around which book spines rise like a forest.