Definition of Bleakly

1. Adverb. Without hope. "He wondered bleakly"

Partainyms: Bleak

Definition of Bleakly

1. Adverb. In a bleak manner. ¹

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Definition of Bleakly

1. in a bleak manner [adv]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Bleakly

bleaching agent
bleaching agents
bleaching clay
bleaching earth
bleaching powder
bleaching powders
bleachings
bleachlike
bleachorexia
bleacht
bleah
bleak
bleaker
bleakest
bleakish
bleakly (current term)
bleakness
bleaknesses
bleaks
bleaky
blear
blear-eyed
bleared
blearedness
blearer
blearest
bleareye
bleareyed
bleareyedness
bleargh

Literary usage of Bleakly

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Lives of Eminent Philadelphians, Now Deceased by Henry Simpson (1859)
"JOHN bleakly was a native of Philadelphia. His father was born in the north ... Mr. bleakly was a gentleman of liberal education and great accomplishments. ..."

2. Annals of the West: Embracing a Concise Account of Principal Events which by James Handasyd Perkins, John Mason Peck (1857)
"Portier and bleakly, of Prairie du Chein, denying the statements of M. Jarrot. They were persons implicated. About the same period, hostile demonstrations ..."

3. The American Bar by James Clark Fifield (1918)
"Firm consists of: Edwin GC bleakly, Henry F. Stockwell. Edwin Guy Cooper bleakly, b. Wellsville, Ohio, Oct. 5, 1865; a. to bar, 1890, NJ; ed. pub. schs., ..."

4. Annotated Cases, American and English by H Noyes Greene, William Mark McKinney, David Shephard Garland (1918)
"bleakly, 243 US 210, Ann. Cas. 1917D 637 (sustaining the elective act of Iowa) ... bleakly, 243 US 210, Ann. Cae. 1917D 637, 37 S. Ct. 25."»: Raymond v. ..."

5. Reports of Cases at Law and in Equity Determined by the Supreme Court of the by Nathaniel B. Raymond, Benjamin I. Salinger, W. W. Cornwall, Ulysses Grant Whitney, Richard Reichmann, Frederick F. Faville, Charles H. Scholz, Charles W. Barlow, Iowa Supreme Court (1914)
"GEORGE W. CLARKE, W S. ALLEN, JOHN L. bleakly, WC BROWN and AH DAVISON, Appellants. Statutes: ADDITIONAL CAPITOL GROUNDS: CERTIFICATES OF ..."

6. The Lives of Eminent Philadelphians, Now Deceased by Henry Simpson (1859)
"JOHN bleakly was a native of Philadelphia. His father was born in the north ... Mr. bleakly was a gentleman of liberal education and great accomplishments. ..."

7. Annals of the West: Embracing a Concise Account of Principal Events which by James Handasyd Perkins, John Mason Peck (1857)
"Portier and bleakly, of Prairie du Chein, denying the statements of M. Jarrot. They were persons implicated. About the same period, hostile demonstrations ..."

8. The American Bar by James Clark Fifield (1918)
"Firm consists of: Edwin GC bleakly, Henry F. Stockwell. Edwin Guy Cooper bleakly, b. Wellsville, Ohio, Oct. 5, 1865; a. to bar, 1890, NJ; ed. pub. schs., ..."

9. Annotated Cases, American and English by H Noyes Greene, William Mark McKinney, David Shephard Garland (1918)
"bleakly, 243 US 210, Ann. Cas. 1917D 637 (sustaining the elective act of Iowa) ... bleakly, 243 US 210, Ann. Cae. 1917D 637, 37 S. Ct. 25."»: Raymond v. ..."

10. Reports of Cases at Law and in Equity Determined by the Supreme Court of the by Nathaniel B. Raymond, Benjamin I. Salinger, W. W. Cornwall, Ulysses Grant Whitney, Richard Reichmann, Frederick F. Faville, Charles H. Scholz, Charles W. Barlow, Iowa Supreme Court (1914)
"GEORGE W. CLARKE, W S. ALLEN, JOHN L. bleakly, WC BROWN and AH DAVISON, Appellants. Statutes: ADDITIONAL CAPITOL GROUNDS: CERTIFICATES OF ..."

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