rosily

[ roh-zuh-lee ]

adverb

1. with a rosy color.
2. in a rosy manner; brightly, cheerfully, or optimistically.

Word History and Origins

Origin of rosily¹

First recorded in 1800–10; rosy + -ly

Example Sentences

Other generations seeking to understand us need only turn to John Hughes, who captured our glum teens, or any filmmaker who rosily chronicled our wasted 20s.

From Salon

Mr. Biden, who spent 36 years in the Senate, has rosily called legislative politics “the art of the possible.”

From New York Times

Shreve stood in the door, putting his collar on, his glasses glinting rosily, as though he had washed them with his face.

From Literature

Maybe they knew their own gift of imagination colored too rosily the poverty and brutality of their lives and made them able to endure it.

From Literature

Five minutes later roots and fruits were abolished; the flower of the present rosily blossomed.

From Literature