blackly
Americanadverb
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darkly; gloomily.
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wickedly.
a plot blackly contrived to wreak vengeance.
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angrily.
blackly refusing to yield to reason.
Etymology
Origin of blackly
Example Sentences
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A well-built, blackly comic morality play for which he stayed behind the camera, it’s among both his less metafictional endeavors and his most conventionally absorbing.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2025
It’s a showdown on the edge of an abyss or, from a blackly comic point of view, the grimmest edition ever of that old surprise-reunion show “This Is Your Life.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 25, 2025
The film, a blackly comic feminist revenge thriller starring Carey Mulligan, was one of the most talked about movies of 2020.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 7, 2023
Set against a decaying London, this glittering and blackly comic novel is a murder mystery about a murder that hasn’t happened yet.
From New York Times ● May 20, 2023
Her tongue flicked blackly this way and that, and the man sighed.
From "The Subtle Knife" by Philip Pullman
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