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单词 bleakly
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bleaklyadv.

Brit. /ˈbliːkli/, U.S. /ˈblikli/
Etymology: Formed as bleak adj. + -ly suffix2.
1. Palely. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
the world > matter > colour > state or mode of having colour > absence of colour > [adverb] > pale
palelyc1450
wanly1605
bleakly1611
pallidly1656
1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Pallement, palely, bleakly, wanly.
2. In a bleak or exposed situation.
ΘΚΠ
the world > the earth > land > landscape > wild or uncultivated land > [adverb] > in barren situation
bleaklya1552
a1552 J. Leland Itinerary (1711) V. 82 Standing veri blekely and object to al Wynddes.
1798 T. Pennant View of Hindoostan II. 353 The lake is..situated bleakly.
1857 E. C. Gaskell Life C. Brontë I. iv. 61 The moors, stretching bleakly and barely far up from the dwelling.
3. Coldly, chilly.
ΘΚΠ
the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > coldness > [adverb]
coldlya1240
bleak1590
frostily1616
chilly1759
chillinglyc1784
bleakly1795
icily1815
frigidly1844
chillilya1849
1795 Coleridge Soldier's Wife in R. Southey Lyr. P. II. 140 Bleakly the blinding snow beats in thy hagged face.
4. Cheerlessly.
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the mind > emotion > suffering > dejection > [adverb]
ungladly?c1225
wanlyc1275
dolefullyc1290
ruefullya1300
elengelyc1305
heavisomelya1382
lumpishlyc1450
tristily?c1450
dowlyc1540
unjoyfully1553
tragically1567
dully1600
tragicly1604
heartlessly1606
unjovially1607
dejectedly1611
dejectly1611
disconsolately1614
dumpishly1621
uncheerfullya1628
dolorously1638
mopishly1651
despondingly1656
despondentlya1677
unhappily1688
dismally1709
gloomily1727
grumly1727
joylessly1766
mopingly1788
sombrously1796
glumly1805
malagrugrously1818
funerally1829
broodingly1834
unenjoyingly1844
downheartedly1847
unblissfully1849
droopingly1852
dreichly1853
sombrely1860
dispiritedly1864
glumpily1865
pleasurelessly1873
depressedly1880
chapfallenly1883
sighfully1900
bleakly1938
1938 E. Waugh Scoop ii. iv. 203 The Minister..smiled bleakly, the wry smile of one heroically resisting an emotion of almost overwhelming repulsion.
1941 New Rev. 28 Aug. 5/3 The treasury bleakly announced that no extra allowance or increases would be granted to Army Officers.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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