blankly
16
3.1
- adverb
- /ˈblæŋkli/
:
con expresión vacía
- Sayer was alone in the examination room, tired, staring blankly out the window.
- stares blankly
- look at you blankly
My friend looks at me totally blankly.
- My friend looks at me totally blankly.
- And I sort of looked at her blankly and she pulled out her phone and she showed she's Googled an image and she showed me an Ozempic pen.
- And he'd just stare blankly and be not wanting to speak.
- I mean, I, I don't think she's not worried about you like, I don't know, wearing your shirt backwards and picking at naval lint and like staring blankly at like the wall.
Examples
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Her eyes stare ahead blankly as if she didn't hear me or wasn't paying attention.
Fiction book (1991) -
Students would stare blankly at me (or not make eye contact at all).
Academic text (2013) -
And a few tall girls They just looked at me blankly.
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Johnson looks at Jim blankly and reads the next question on his list.
Fiction book (1991) -
"When I looked at him blankly, he repeated the information in a louder voice."
Fiction book (1990) -
When she stopped talking, he stared at her blankly... ...not knowing what to say.
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Beethoven just stared blankly at the orchestra.
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Passive students staring blankly at computer screens have been a worrisome image for many educators.
Academic text (2003) -
Instead, he daydreams, fidgets, or stares blankly while the teacher talks.
Academic text (1993) -
When she explained the math problem, he stared at her blankly, not understanding her instructions.
Synonyms
4
6.8
In a way that shows no feeling or reaction
3
4.8
In a blank way that shows no interest or thought
1
7.5
Without showing any feeling or surprise
1
8.0
In a cold, unfriendly way that shows no feeling
1
8.1
In a way that shows someone does not understand what is happening
1
6.0
In a way that shows no feeling on the face
In a way that shows no feeling on the face
Without showing any feeling
In a still, cold way that shows no feeling
Antonyms
How Expressive
16
3.1
1
6.0
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Blankly comes from blank, which once meant 'white' and then 'empty', like a 'blank page' with nothing on it. The ending -ly makes it an adverb, so blankly means 'without expression' or 'as if empty'.