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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What follows in Polish filmmaker Jan Komasa’s blackly comic, unnerving thriller is clearly meant to evoke “Heel’s” more obedience-minded reading.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 6, 2026
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
This blackly comic horror riff is heavy on the social satire and sprinkled with scares, as Reijn has intelligently pulled together and reinterpreted traditional horror tropes in order to send up the youth of today.
From Seattle Times • Aug. 12, 2022
They run the gamut from blackly funny to apocalyptic, with a few surprisingly cheerful stops along the way.
From Washington Post • Jun. 14, 2021
In the darkness, the robot’s motions went unseen, but there was a sudden thumping sound as he shifted his weight, and seconds later the rock flew blackly into the sunlight.
From "I, Robot" by Isaac Asimov
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