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blackly

[ blak-lee ]

adverb

  1. darkly; gloomily.
  2. wickedly:

    a plot blackly contrived to wreak vengeance.

  3. angrily:

    blackly refusing to yield to reason.



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Word History and Origins

Origin of blackly1

First recorded in 1555–65; black + -ly
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Example Sentences

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The film, a blackly comic feminist revenge thriller starring Carey Mulligan, was one of the most talked about movies of 2020.

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Set against a decaying London, this glittering and blackly comic novel is a murder mystery about a murder that hasn’t happened yet.

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This blackly comic horror riff is heavy on the social satire and sprinkled with scares, as Reijn has intelligently pulled together and reinterpreted traditional horror tropes in order to send up the youth of today.

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They run the gamut from blackly funny to apocalyptic, with a few surprisingly cheerful stops along the way.

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In the blackly comic horror movie “Bloody Hell,” Ben O’Toole plays an affable everyman with a violent streak.

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