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单词 blankly
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blankly

/ˈblaŋkli /
adverb
1In a way that is plain and characterized by a lack of decorative or other features: the suburbs that stretch blankly along the routes out from the city his clothes are blankly white...
  • Gothic, Tudor, or blankly contemporary, it is still a shallow, smooth, plastic frame that can jar with the solid character of brick, wood, or stone.
  • The lead characters' brisk professionalism makes them seem as blankly anonymous as the collection of stereotypes surrounding them.
  • They were so blankly, stylelessly sensible that they might have been orthopedic appliances.
2In a way that shows a lack of interest or engagement: the class looked back blankly my home life consists of staring blankly at the television...
  • She opens the door again to the see the blankly smiling Englishman standing under his umbrella.
  • The minister grabbed it with both hands, rattled off his order, and then looked across the table at me rather blankly.
  • It's funny how the critics can just sit there blankly as it goes by, and then away they go!
2.1In a way that temporarily shows no emotion or understanding, especially as a result of shock: he stared blankly at the freshly dug grave and new tombstone the policeman’s jaw had dropped in bewilderment and he was eyeing him blankly...
  • After receiving the news, he found her sitting on her bed, staring blankly at the wall.
  • As I kept looking blankly into space, I heard the wind howling outside.
  • I stood there blankly staring at the spot they had vanished from until a firm hand came down upon my shoulder.
3In an absolute or blunt manner: the hospital has blankly refused to carry out tests officials have stated blankly that they will never extradite the operatives...
  • He said the owner of the gym blankly refused to pay the rest.
  • A lot of philosophy is more blankly nonhistorical now than it has ever been.
  • It's the most immediate and vibrant release he's made yet, but it'd be wrong to blankly call it a triumph.
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