bridallyadv.
/ˈbrʌɪdl̩i/, U.S. /ˈbraɪd(ə)li/ In a manner befitting or suggestive of a bride or her clothing; like a bride.
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society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > wedding or nuptials > equipment or accessories of wedding > [adverb] > in bridal attire
bridally1836
1836 W. C. Macready Diary 2 May in Reminisc. (1875) II. 25 She seemed bridally attired.
1860 C. M. Yonge Hopes & Fears II. xix. 362 The snow sparkled bridally.
1934 Daily Mail 30 Nov. 9/2 Princess Elizabeth, bridally white and silver,..steps out with her mother.
1969 Antioch Rev. 29 386 Unhooking his name badge and tossing it bridally toward a group of graduate students.
2011 Sunday Tel. (Nexis) 14 Aug. (Review section) 20 A typically stoical mono-browed Frida [Kahlo]..bridally veiled in a white Tehuana headdress.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2019; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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