[
US
/ˈbɫæŋkɫi/
]
[ UK /blˈæŋkli/ ]
[ UK /blˈæŋkli/ ]
ADVERB
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in a blank and uncomprehending manner
she stared at him blankly
How To Use blankly In A Sentence
- She pondered her plan while she stood at the luggage carousel and stared blankly at the conveyor.
- she stared at him blankly
- After looking at me blankly for a few minutes (I was preparing my declaration of Platonic love), she suddenly began crying into her hands. THE DICE MAN
- There was a sharp, hot, pain in his palm and Eden jumped back and blankly realized that he'd held the pan's handle wrong and burned himself.
- His heart began to pound loudly in his ears as the woman perused his features blankly.
- It's funny how the critics can just sit there blankly as it goes by, and then away they go!
- Melistar rides a fuzzed bassline similar to Thomas Heckmann's ‘Amphetamine’ and blankly mimics Miss Kittin's vacant delivery.
- Robin Denselow JoJo Marvin's Room Can't Do Better A killer opening line – "I've been up three days: Adderall and Red Bull" – then blankly intoned relationship fallout through a self-medicated fug, bitterness and contempt framed by drugs and booze. F&M playlist
- Cue audio: sounds of crickets chirping while the girls stare blankly at the camera and at each other.
- She opens the door again to the see the blankly smiling Englishman standing under his umbrella.