Definition of "wanly" []

• In a wan or pale manner. (adverb)

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• "He leaned up against a wall and smiled kind of wanly and said, "This thing is going to go on for a while, isn't it?""
• "One wanly said that as teachers of the Word, they had failed."
• "The mood in Haiti today reminds one of the wanly flickering orange glow of the kerosine lamps that Haiti's market women - known as ti machann - use to illuminate their wares as they work late into the night."