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blankly

/ˈblæŋkli/BLANG-klee
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/ˈblæŋkli/BLANG-klee

Meaningin a way that is shining

Common meaning: in a blank way

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Journey through time

  1. Old High Germanblanch‘shining’source
  2. Frenchblanc‘white’source
  3. Englishblank‘empty or unmarked’
  4. Englishformed in English from blankblankly‘in a blank way’ · today

Sources & notes

Inferred source: no dictionary we use has an entry for this exact word. Its history is worked out from closely related, listed words in the same family, and we are trusting that link, so bear that in mind. Inferred meaning: in a way that is shining. It can be inferred from any of: blank.

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
  • No UK recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-GB voice.
  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
  • No US recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-US voice.

Origin: Formed in English from blank + -ly (inferred: this exact word is not listed in our dictionaries).

Source words

  • blanch Old High German · source word “shining”

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