仄ほの白じろい

i-adjective

dimly white; faintly white; pale

Describes something that is faintly or indistinctly white, often in dim light or at a distance. Literary and somewhat poetic.

• 夜よ明あけ前まえの空そらがほの白じろく明あかるみ始はじめた。

  The sky before dawn began to lighten dimly white.

• 遠とおくにほの白じろい帆ほが見みえた。

  A faintly white sail was visible in the distance.