blurrily
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5.6
- adverb
- /ˈblɜːrɪli/
- Ahead, the night-lights and scattered Christmas decorations swam up blurrily through the rain.
Examples
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She did lean nearer, blurrily.
Fiction book (1996) -
Under these conditions, optics were altogether inadequate, yet he saw, however partially and blurrily; he felt, he defied.
Fiction book (2001) -
"What is it?" I asked blurrily, trying to focus on the paper, which had become visible when the man turned toward me.
Fiction book (1998) -
Daniel Craig appears for the first time in his third Bond film, blurrily walking towards the camera.
Blog text (1) -
He had visions of himself blurrily pictured in the back pages of the Star, and underneath the caption: "Man Performs Abdominal Surgery on Self."
Fiction book (1992) -
"Isabelle's eyes were pricking; she turned her face away and looked out blurrily over the precipitous fall of jungled escarpments, down into the basin of Grande Riviere.
Fiction book (2000) -
"What is it?" I asked blurrily, trying to focus on the paper, which had become visible when the man turned toward me.
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There were photos of Christmas morning, of children blurrily ripping open gifts.
Synonyms
5
6.3
Hard to see, hear, or remember clearly
1
4.4
Not clear or hard to understand
1
8.0
In a way that is hard to understand or see through
1
5.4
In a way that is unclear or blurry
1
5.6
In a way that is not clear and hard to remember
1
7.5
In a way that is unclear and hard to see or understand
Antonyms
How Clearly
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Blurrily comes from the simple verb blur, which means 'not clear' or to make lines and details run together, and the ending -ly turns that idea into how something is seen. So, to see something blurrily is to see it in a soft, unclear way, like when your glasses are dirty or you are crying.