balmily

English

Etymology

balmy +‎ -ly

Pronunciation

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

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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