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blurredly

blurredly

1 7.5
In a way that is unclear and hard to see or understand
  • adverb
  • /ˈblɜrɪdli/
: borrosamente
  • He gazed blurredly at the foggy landscape, struggling to see the shapes around him.

Examples

  • The painting looked blurredly to me, as if it had been smeared with a brush.

  • The boy says, helplessly, to himself blurredly—then he repeats it in careful syllables—

    Fiction book (1991)
  • My chest moves blurredly with my breathing.

    Fiction book (1991)
  • The memories of that day came back to me blurredly, making it hard to remember the details.

Synonyms

indistinctly
vsblurredly
5 6.3

Hard to see, hear, or remember clearly

is narrower used mainly for vision or perception rather than all senses
unclearly
vsblurredly
1 4.4

Not clear or hard to understand

focuses more on hard to see or perceive than general incomprehension
opaquely
vsblurredly
1 8.0

In a way that is hard to understand or see through

indicates clouded or vague appearance rather than impenetrable obscurity
fuzzily
vsblurredly
1 5.4

In a way that is unclear or blurry

refers to general not easy to see or grasp rather than edge shape
blurrily
vsblurredly
1 5.6

In a way that is not clear or easy to see

is the same meaning but a different word form
foggily
vsblurredly
1 5.6

In a way that is not clear and hard to remember

describes lack of clarity without the misty or weather image

Antonyms

554 1.0

In a way that is easy to see, hear, or understand

73 3.2

In a way that is clear and easy to notice

How Clearly

clearly
554 1.0
blurredly
1 7.5
indistinctly
5 6.3
obscurely
2 7.7

Surface Forms

blurredly positive

Morphology

blurredly = blurred (transparent) = blur + blurred + ly

The transformation from 'blurred' to 'blurredly' is straightforward, forming an adverb from an adjective.

Etymology

Blurredly comes from the simple verb blur, which began as a soft sound people used for something 'smeared' or not clear and appears in familiar forms like blurry and blurred. So, blurredly means 'in a way that is unclear or hard to see'.