In a manner befitting or characteristic of a bride; in a way relating to weddings, marriage, or the status of being a bride.
From 'bride' (a woman on her wedding day or newly married) plus '-ly' (the adverb-forming suffix). The word is rare in modern English and appears mainly in archaic or poetic texts.
The word 'bridely' is almost never used in modern English, but Victorian literature loved creating '-ly' adverbs from nouns—they would write things like 'she dressed bridely' where we'd simply say 'bridal' today!
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