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# blankly

adverb (blankly)

«blankly» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

In a way that shows no feeling or understanding; with an empty look. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/blankly/#m1)

### In the lessons

a character looks at someone with no sign of knowing what they mean.

### Examples

- "What?" she said blankly. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/blankly/#x1)
- The boy stared blankly at the sum. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/blankly/#x2)
- He looked blankly at the teacher, who had asked a question he could not follow. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/blankly/#x3)

### Note

nothing for maths.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «blankly» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/blankly/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«blankly» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/blankly.html) on Mova free.