Blackly
darkly; gloomily.
wickedly:
a plot blackly contrived to wreak vengeance.
angrily:
blackly refusing to yield to reason.
Contemporary Examples
A Widow’s Tale Jennie Yabroff February 14, 2011
Historical Examples
Murder in Any Degree Owen Johnson
The Forbidden Trail Honor Willsie
Polly the Pagan Isabel Anderson
Dracula’s Guest Bram Stoker
The Haunting of Low Fennel Sax Rohmer
Love in a Cloud Arlo Bates
Bat Wing Sax Rohmer
Astounding Stories of Super-Science, December 1930 Various
Lippincott’s Magazine, Vol. 22, August, 1878 Various
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