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me flowering plants of several genera, having some resemblance in color or form to a true lily, as Pancratium, Crinum, Amaryllis, Nerine, etc.

Having white, delicate hands.

White-livered; cowardly.

Any plant of the Lily family or order. Lindley.

The common white lily (Lilium candidum). So called because it is usually introduced by painters in pictures of the Annunciation.

See under Lily.

The large white lily (Lilium longiflorum eximium, syn. L. Harrisii) which is extensively cultivated in Bermuda.

In a cleanly manner.

In a suitable or becoming manner. [R.] Sherwood.

A genus of plants (Hemerocallis) closely resembling true lilies, but having tuberous rootstocks instead of bulbs. The common species have long narrow leaves and either yellow or tawny-orange flowers.

In a disorderly manner. [Obs.] Rom. of R.

The common white lily (Lilium candidum), called also Annunciation lily.

Foolishly. [Obs.] Chaucer.

In a friendly manner. Pope.

Righteously. H. Wharton.

A South African plant (Nerine Sarniensis) with handsome lilylike flowers, naturalized on the island of Guernsey.

Piously; with sanctity; in a holy manner.

Plainly; inelegantly. [R.]

(Amaryllis, or Sprekelia, formosissima) from Mexico. It bears a single, large, deep, red, lilylike flower. [Written also Jacobean.]

In a jolly manner.