bleakly, adv.
(ˈbliːklɪ)
[f. as prec. + -ly2.]
† 1. Palely. Obs.
| 1611 Cotgr., Pallement, palely, bleakly, wanly. |
2. In a bleak or exposed situation.
| 1538 Leland Itin. V. 99 Standing veri blekely and object to all Wynddes. 1798 Pennant Hindoostan II. 353 The lake is..situated bleakly. 1857 Mrs. Gaskell C. Brontë I. iv. 61 The moors, stretching bleakly and barely far up from the dwelling. |
3. Coldly, chilly.
| 1795 Coleridge Soldier's Wife in Southey Lyr. P. II. 140 Bleakly the blinding snow beats in thy hagged face. |
4. Cheerlessly.
| 1938 E. Waugh Scoop ii. iv. 203 The Minister..smiled bleakly, the wry smile of one heroically resisting an emotion of almost overwhelming repulsion. 1941 New Review 28 Aug. 5/3 The treasury bleakly announced that no extra allowance or increases would be granted to Army Officers. |