BLACKLY Synonyms: 90 Similar and Opposite Words

blackly

adverb

Definition of blackly

as in darkly

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Recent Examples of blackly What at first appears to be a run-of-the-mill trauma drama about a family dealing with the eldest child’s anorexia nervosa gradually evolves into something odder and more original, even blackly comic, in Ungrateful Beings. — Leslie Felperin, HollywoodReporter, 25 Sep. 2025 Saadawi’s unabashedly political, blackly funny contemporary take on the mythos (superb translated by Jonathan Wright, who captures the wry humor and brooding, ominous rhythms of Saadawi’s dark tale) is, however, a true standout in a very crowded field. — Literary Hub, 16 July 2024

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In recent years, Porodina has brought her darkly romantic lens to campaigns for the likes of Dior, Hermès, Skims and Giorgio Armani, and editorials for Vogue, Pop and GQ, among others.

— Joelle Diderich, Footwear News, 23 Sep. 2026
Most of the students were darkly complected and apparently of South Asian heritage.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 20 Sep. 2026

Definition of darkly

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Museums abhor windows, so the building has all the approachability of a medieval keep, as gloomily defensive as the park is welcoming.

— Justin Davidson, Curbed, 4 June 2026
In Time Regained, the concluding volume of Marcel Proust’s In Search of Lost Time, an older version of the narrator gloomily decides to attend a gathering at the Guermantes’ mansion.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 18 Mar. 2026

Definition of gloomily

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As Business Insider‘s Joshua Nelken-Zitser quickly discovered, ChatGPT for Teens is failing pretty dismally at its goals at launch.

— Victor Tangermann, Futurism, 19 Aug. 2026
But for now, the five-year survival rate for pancreatic cancer remains at a dismally low 13%, according to the American Cancer Society.

— Yuki Noguchi, NPR, 12 May 2026

Definition of dismally

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The movie’s strongest sequences provide the all-too-rare sensation of truly not being able to believe your eyes, as the film’s most fantastical elements feel distressingly real.

— Tiffany Kelly, Entertainment Weekly, 17 July 2026
The event was halted after an hour due to fears about her safety, which distressingly encapsulates a tension that the trans Mayan artist has navigated for years.

— Eugenie Brinkema, ARTnews.com, 14 June 2026

Definition of distressingly

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The Vietnam War and Watergate had spawned a paralyzing sense of national distrust, and New Hollywood had reflected that reality beautifully but pessimistically.

— Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 23 May 2026
For example, professors Morana Koludrovic and Franceska Delija at the University of Split in Croatia also make the point, more pessimistically, however, that the young can no longer learn from the old, not with all the changes in technology and media.

— Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 20 Feb. 2026

Definition of pessimistically

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The sis, played by Vicki Lawrence, contributes nothing to the laughs, she is forced to play her role either sullenly or brattishly.

— Hank Grant, HollywoodReporter, 11 Sep. 2026
The mother laughed, which made the girl slouched sullenly on her Icelandic glance back, and her mother brushed a hand over her face.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 19 Aug. 2026

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