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bleakly

/ˈbliːk.li/ adv

In a bleak manner.

Word Origin Bleak comes from Old English blāc 'pale, shining, white,' which shifted to mean 'bare, windswept, cheerless.' The idea is that a pale, colorless landscape feels desolate. Bleakly is the adverb. The related word bleacher (as in bleachers seats) originally meant something that bleaches or whitens, from the same root.

adv In a bleak manner.

She looked bleakly out at the barren landscape.

(副词) 凄凉地；惨淡地；阴郁地

她凄凉地望着外面贫瘠的景色。

(adverbio) sombríamente; desoladamente; lúgubremente; tristemente [De manera desolada o sombría.]

Miró **desoladamente** hacia el paisaje árido.

(adverbe) lugubrement; d'un air morne; sinistrement; tristement [D'une manière sombre, austère ou désolée.]

Elle regardait **bleakly** le paysage aride qui s'étendait devant elle.

(Adverb) **bleakly** – *Adverb*: Auf eine trostlose, düstere oder hoffnungslose Weise.

Sie blickte **bleakly** auf die öde Landschaft hinaus.

(副詞) 荒涼とした様子で；陰気に、暗く。

彼女は荒涼とした風景を陰気に眺めた。

(advérbio) sombriamente; desoladamente; desanimadamente [De maneira sombria ou desolada.]

Ela olhou desoladamente para a paisagem árida.

Synonyms: drearily gloomily somberly desolately starkly grimly harshly coldly Antonyms: cheerfully brightly warmly optimistically

Common collocations

say verb at prep stare verb be verb smile verb think verb of prep look verb have verb to prep wonder verb do verb

Related words

bleacher

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