Adverb : a plot blackly contrived to wreak vengeance. ,blackly refusing to yield to reason. From Dictionary.com.
The signature was extended in full, with the surname blackly underlined. From Wordnik.com. [The Cavalier] Reference
The memory stone still recalled blackly that it had been told to be a road. From Wordnik.com. [Ship Of Destiny]
Andy scowled blackly at our hero, but said nothing. From Wordnik.com. [Tom Swift and His Great Searchlight; or, on the border for Uncle Sam] Reference
The water slid blackly beneath the tendrils of mist. From Wordnik.com. [Sharpe's Eagle]
Holmes drew himself up and glared blackly at the man. From Wordnik.com. [The Beekeeper's Apprentice]
She looked at the entropy pooled blackly in her hands. From Wordnik.com. [Dancer's Illusion]
That was it: he blackly insisted that SHE must love HIM. From Wordnik.com. [The Captain's Doll] Reference
A blackly comic take on the first totally outsourced war?. From Wordnik.com. [Larisa Alexandrovna: You Want Courage? Are You Willing to Support It?] Reference
“I thought differently,” said Owen, frowning blackly. From Wordnik.com. [Castle Richmond] Reference
“Keep your hands off of her,” Edward answered blackly. From Wordnik.com. [Eclipse]
There the ohia trees were relieved blackly against the sky. From Wordnik.com. [The Hawaiian Archipelago] Reference
I gathered that they hated him pretty blackly in Berlin and. From Wordnik.com. [The Thirty-Nine Steps] Reference
Carol lied blackly and magnificently, but without originality. From Wordnik.com. [Main Street] Reference
But Yves remained blackly brooding, and would not be deflected. From Wordnik.com. [Brother Cadfael's Penance]
In front of her a mirrored surface shattered and smoked blackly. From Wordnik.com. [Dancer's Illusion]
Ian Lorn scowled blackly at the taunt, but was equal to answer it. From Wordnik.com. [John Splendid The Tale of a Poor Gentleman, and the Little Wars of Lorn] Reference
So much for secret politics and secret weapons, he thought blackly. From Wordnik.com. [Warhorse]
“Marco and Gertie,” Peregrine said, and they turned blackly upon him. From Wordnik.com. [Killer Dolphin]
"Very well," responded the bully's father, as he eyed Tom and Ned blackly. From Wordnik.com. [Tom Swift and His Great Searchlight; or, on the border for Uncle Sam] Reference
In a few seconds four finger-prints stared out blackly from the white surface. From Wordnik.com. [The Grell Mystery] Reference
Its bulk lay blackly against the faint, phosphorescent glow of the black barren. From Wordnik.com. [The Boy Inventors' Radio Telephone] Reference
Something had taken one eye, but the other stared blackly at the canopy of branches. From Wordnik.com. [Prayers To Broken Stones]
During this pretty joust the brows of the prospective cup-bearer had knitted blackly. From Wordnik.com. [The Yoke A Romance of the Days when the Lord Redeemed the Children of Israel from the Bondage of Egypt] Reference
Nan, looking blackly after their schoolmate as she walked haughtily down the car aisle. From Wordnik.com. [Nan Sherwood at Palm Beach Or Strange Adventures Among The Orange Groves] Reference
The lad walked downhill to where the farmstead with its few pine trees crouched blackly. From Wordnik.com. [The Fox] Reference
Carefully they picked their way past pools of oily water that gleamed blackly in the light. From Wordnik.com. [Reiffeins Choice] Reference
His Motalga looked blackly at their blood enemies the Abu Tayi, lolling in the best houses. From Wordnik.com. [Seven Pillars of Wisdom] Reference
He wrenched his arm free strongly, and stood off further affront with a blackly lowering brow. From Wordnik.com. [The Confession of Brother Haluin]
Roger stood off and let them indulge their curiosity, scowling blackly at his colleague meantime. From Wordnik.com. [St. Peter's Fair]
The others were sent back under guard as prisoners, Mike among them, scowling blackly as he was led away. From Wordnik.com. [The Boy Ranchers Among the Indians or, Trailing the Yaquis] Reference
Here she was in just such a position, yet with the clouds apparently gathering still more blackly over her. From Wordnik.com. [The King's Warrant A Story of Old and New France] Reference
Swiftly they sank, until the dark bulk of hills and trees lay blackly beneath; so near as to seem within the touch of a hand. From Wordnik.com. [The Seed of the Toc-Toc Birds] Reference
She gave him a look that pierced the caverns of his brain, where his faith in death resided blackly, with a white-hot faith in life. From Wordnik.com. [Sacrifice] Reference
But it was still there -- only waiting for the sun to move a little in the heavens to fling itself blackly across her path once more. From Wordnik.com. [The Vision of Desire] Reference
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