| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Adverb | 1. With a blue color.[Websters]
2. In a dismal, dolorous, sullen, forlorn or gaunt manner. [Eve - graph theoretic] 3. In a doleful manner. [Eve - graph theoretic] 4. In a bleak, funereal, glum, grim or morose manner. [Eve - graph theoretic] 5. In a woeful or woebegone manner. [Eve - graph theoretic] 6. In a melancholic, downcast, pessimistic, damp or sad manner. [Eve - graph theoretic] 7. In a dark, bad or sombre manner. [Eve - graph theoretic] 8. In a green or raw manner. [Eve - graph theoretic] 9. In a particular or cheerless manner. [Eve - graph theoretic] 10. Rarely used adverbial inflection of the adjective blue.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Adjective Form (blue) | 1. Of the color intermediate between green and violet; having a color similar to that of a clear unclouded sky; "October's bright blue weather"; "a blue flame"; "blue haze of tobacco smoke".[Wordnet]. 2. Used to signify the Union forces in the American Civil War (who wore blue uniforms); "a ragged blue line".[Wordnet]. 3. Filled with melancholy and despondency ; "lonely and blue in a strange city".[Wordnet]. 4. Characterized by profanity or cursing; "blue language".[Wordnet]. 5. Suggestive of sexual impropriety; "a blue movie"; "blue jokes".[Wordnet]. 6. Belonging to or characteristic of the nobility or aristocracy; "a blue family"; "blue blood"; "the blue-blooded aristocracy".[Wordnet]. 7. Morally rigorous and strict.[Wordnet]. 8. Causing dejection; "a blue day".[Wordnet]. 9. Having a color similar to that of a clear unclouded sky; "October's bright blue weather"- Helen Hunt Jackson; "a blue flame"; "blue haze of tobacco smoke".[Wordnet]. 10. Low in spirits; "lonely and blue in a strange city"; "depressed by the loss of his job"; "a dispirited and resigned expression on her face"; "downcast after his defeat"; "feeling discouraged and downhearted".[Wordnet]. 11. Having the color of the clear sky, or a hue resembling it, whether lighter or darker; as, the deep, blue sea; as blue as a sapphire; blue violets.[Websters]. 12. Pale, without redness or glare, -- said of a flame; hence, of the color of burning brimstone, betokening the presence of ghosts or devils; as, the candle burns blue; the air was blue with oaths.[Websters]. 13. Low in spirits; melancholy; as, to feel blue.[Websters]. 14. Suited to produce low spirits; gloomy in prospect; as, thongs looked blue.[Websters]. 15. Severe or over strict in morals; gloom; as, blue and sour religionists; suiting one who is over strict in morals; inculcating an impracticable, severe, or gloomy mortality; as, blue laws.[Websters]. 16. Literary; -- applied to women; -- an abbreviation of bluestocking.[Websters]. 17. Adjective base of the adverb bluely.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), compiled from various sources, under license. | Top | |
Date "BLUELY" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1518. (references) |
Specialty Definition: BLUELY
| Domain | Definition | ||
| Noah Webster | [Adverb] With a blue color. Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary. | ||
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Common Expressions: blue
| Expressions | Definition | ||
| Adam Blue Galli | Adam Blue Galli was one of a group of criminals known as the "Preppie Bandits" (due to their clean-cut appearance, a propensity for dressing like "preppies", and their habit of hanging out in Salt Lake City's most upscale coffeeshops). They operated in and around Salt Lake City, Utah in 1992. The other members were his brother Aaron Galli and his cousins Nathan and Christopher. He fled the state after being charged with murder and robbery, and was recaptured after being featured on America's Most Wanted. In an odd twist, patrons and employees at the restaurant where the murder occurred were watching the program, and alerted police to the presence of another person featured on the same episode, who was currently working at the same restaurant. (references) | ||
| Adonis Blue | The Adonis Blue (Polyommatus bellargus) is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. (references) | ||
| Agent Blue | Agent Blue is a herbicide, similar to Agent Orange, used by the United States during the Vietnam War. It was sprayed on rice paddies and other crops, in an attempt to starve the Vietnamese of valuable crops. (references) | ||
| AGM-79 Blue Eye | The AGM-79 Blue Eye was a missile developed by the United States of America. (references) | ||
| Alapaha Blue Blood Bulldog | The Alapaha Blue Blood Bulldog (ABBB) or Otto is an American rare dog breed, developed in the Alapaha River region of Southern Georgia. (references) | ||
| Alcian blue | Alcian blue is a phthalocyanine dye which contains copper. The dye stains acid mucopolysaccharides. (references) | ||
| Algy the Blue Bus | Algy is a blue bus who lives on the Island of Sodor. When he first arrived, he teased Bertie, but after breaking down, he soon became friends with Bertie. Algy now helps Bertie take passengers around the Island to where they want to go. (references) | ||
| Anastasia Blue | Anastasia Blue (born June 11, 1981 in Alaska) is an American erotic actress. (references) | ||
| Ancient and Honorable Order of the Blue Goose | The Honorable Order of the Blue Goose, International is a fraternal and charitable organization of men and women that work in the insurance industry. The group was founded in 1906 near Milwaukee (Wisconsin, United States). (references) | ||
| Arrow in the Blue | Arrow in the Blue is the first volume of Arthur Koestler's autobiography. It was first published in 1952 and is about his life from his birth until his joining the Communist Party in 1931. (references) | ||
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Specialty Expressions: blue
| Expressions | Domain | Definition | |
| Admiral of the blue | Literature | 1: Poor Robin, 1731 2: The Admiral of the Blue cries, "Coming, Sir." 3: A butcher who dresses in blue to conceal blood-stains. A tapster also is so called, from his blue apron. A play on the rear-admiral of the British navy, called "Admiral of the Blue (Flag)." 4: "As soon as customers begin to stir. Source: Brewer's Dictionary. | |
| Admiral of the blue | Slang in 1811 | ADMIRAL OF THE BLUE, who carries his flag on the main-mast. A landlord or publican wearing a blue apron, as was formerly the custom among gentlemen of that vocation. Source: 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue. | |
| Alcian Blue | Health | A copper-containing dye used as a gelling agent for lubricants, for staining of bacteria and for the dyeing of histiocytes and fibroblasts in vivo. (references) | |
| Berlin blue | Mining | In optical mineralogy, an anomalous interference color of the first order;e.g., some epidotes. (references) | |
| Big blue | Computing | Big blue International Business Machines. Source: The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing.. | |
| Blow blue | Health | To inhale cocaine. (references) | |
| Blue and Yellow | Literature | (The). The Edinburgh Review; so called from its yellow and blue cover. The back is yellow, the rest of the cover is blue. Source: Brewer's Dictionary. | |
| Blue angels | Health | Depressants. (references) | |
| Blue annealing | Metallurgy | An operation performed in a medium and at a suitable temperature to cover the clean ferrous surface with a uniform blue oxide film. Source: European Union. (references) | |
| Blue annealing | Mining | Heating hot-rolled ferrous sheet in an open furnace to a temperature within the transformation range, and then cooling it in air in order to soften the metal. The formation of a bluish oxide on the surface is incidental. (references) | |
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Abbreviations & Acronyms: blue
| The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted. | ||||
| Entry | Source | Expression | Field | |
| BLUE | Dutch | Beste lineaire zuivere schatter | Mathematics, Statistics | |
| BLUE | English | Best linear unbiased estimator | N/A | |
| BLUE | Italian | Miglior stimatore lineare corretto | Mathematics, Statistics | |
| bl | English | Blue | Physics, Social Sciences | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | Top | |||
