bleakly

🇺🇸 /ˈbliːkli/ 🇬🇧 /ˈbliːkli/
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adverb
R

in a way that shows a lack of hope or positive expectations

‘There seems no hope,’ she said bleakly.

R

in a way that is desolate, bare, or uninviting

The landscape was bleakly beautiful, with no signs of life for miles.

translation

adv. in a way that shows a lack of hope or positive expectations; in a way that is desolate, bare, or uninviting