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Definition of blankly in English: blanklyadverb ˈblaŋkliˈblæŋkli 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 Example sentencesExamples - They were so blankly, stylelessly sensible that they might have been orthopedic appliances.
- The lead characters' brisk professionalism makes them seem as blankly anonymous as the collection of stereotypes surrounding them.
- In Act Two, the police chief inhabits a blankly bureaucratic hall hung with yellowing maps.
- 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.
- They gave tips to add some beautiful decor to the blankly decorated master bedroom.
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 Example sentencesExamples - Each act of violence plays against a subtle though constantly palpable sense of a blankly indifferent world.
- Sitting at his desk, staring blankly at the teacher, he thought of the night before.
- Most of them will stare blankly at you and say, "I dunno."
- It's funny how the critics can just sit there blankly as it goes by, and then away they go!
- She opens the door again to the see the blankly smiling Englishman standing under his umbrella.
- The seven members blinked blankly back at him, all trying to look as if they understood.
- You could make your own generic electroclash record by talking blankly in a vaguely European accent.
- If you were like most people, you'd nod blankly and move to another seat.
- The minister grabbed it with both hands, rattled off his order, and then looked across the table at me rather blankly.
- He watched the sitcom blankly, and she doubted he was actually paying it any attention.
- 2.1 In 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 Example sentencesExamples - "My knees have gone numb," Emmy thought, blankly astonished.
- 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.
- The people around me have started losing it, mentally and physically, some with hands over ears, heads shaking blankly at the madness of it all.
- After receiving the news, he found her sitting on her bed, staring blankly at the wall.
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 Example sentencesExamples - He plays the blankly charming hero against her sinister clown with squeaking, Chekhovian shoes.
- He testifies blankly that he did not design the homes, and that he objected to the changes made to them.
- It's the most immediate and vibrant release he's made yet, but it'd be wrong to blankly call it a triumph.
- He said the owner of the gym blankly refused to pay the rest.
- When he's not blankly canoodling with his new bride, he's timidly asking anyone within earshot if they're mad at him.
- He blankly refuses to believe that Hawkeye has betrayed them.
- It challenges the listener, one minute cutting you blankly dead in your tracks, the next minute swooning you with a roughly cut appeal.
- He probably has in mind Spinoza's blankly chilling proposition that "He who loves God cannot endeavor that God love him in return."
- The dancers come across like a gang of blankly naughty overgrown children.
- A lot of philosophy is more blankly nonhistorical now than it has ever been.
Definition of blankly in US English: blanklyadverbˈblaNGklēˈblæŋkli 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 Example sentencesExamples - They were so blankly, stylelessly sensible that they might have been orthopedic appliances.
- 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 gave tips to add some beautiful decor to the blankly decorated master bedroom.
- In Act Two, the police chief inhabits a blankly bureaucratic hall hung with yellowing maps.
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 Example sentencesExamples - She opens the door again to the see the blankly smiling Englishman standing under his umbrella.
- Most of them will stare blankly at you and say, "I dunno."
- He watched the sitcom blankly, and she doubted he was actually paying it any attention.
- The minister grabbed it with both hands, rattled off his order, and then looked across the table at me rather blankly.
- You could make your own generic electroclash record by talking blankly in a vaguely European accent.
- It's funny how the critics can just sit there blankly as it goes by, and then away they go!
- Each act of violence plays against a subtle though constantly palpable sense of a blankly indifferent world.
- The seven members blinked blankly back at him, all trying to look as if they understood.
- Sitting at his desk, staring blankly at the teacher, he thought of the night before.
- If you were like most people, you'd nod blankly and move to another seat.
- 2.1 In 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 Example sentencesExamples - After receiving the news, he found her sitting on her bed, staring blankly at the wall.
- The people around me have started losing it, mentally and physically, some with hands over ears, heads shaking blankly at the madness of it all.
- "My knees have gone numb," Emmy thought, blankly astonished.
- 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 Example sentencesExamples - He probably has in mind Spinoza's blankly chilling proposition that "He who loves God cannot endeavor that God love him in return."
- It challenges the listener, one minute cutting you blankly dead in your tracks, the next minute swooning you with a roughly cut appeal.
- When he's not blankly canoodling with his new bride, he's timidly asking anyone within earshot if they're mad at him.
- The dancers come across like a gang of blankly naughty overgrown children.
- He blankly refuses to believe that Hawkeye has betrayed them.
- A lot of philosophy is more blankly nonhistorical now than it has ever been.
- He said the owner of the gym blankly refused to pay the rest.
- It's the most immediate and vibrant release he's made yet, but it'd be wrong to blankly call it a triumph.
- He testifies blankly that he did not design the homes, and that he objected to the changes made to them.
- He plays the blankly charming hero against her sinister clown with squeaking, Chekhovian shoes.
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