: with an effect of whiteness : so as to show or appear white
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The faint scar that once showed whitely down his right cheek had disappeared as a bone disappears in a graveyard, his face so thin his gums had receded.—Carly Tagen-Dye, PEOPLE, 10 Nov. 2025 All of us suddenly in a circle around Bunny, glowing whitely in the moonlight.—Literary Hub, 24 Sep. 2025 The pie is out of the oven, 20 minutes later, dead heads gasping to escape pastry and six entreating eyeballs gazing whitely at the ceiling.—Anabel Dean, CNN, 23 Jan. 2023