blandlyadv.
/ˈblandli/, U.S. /ˈblændli/ In a bland manner; with gently flattering or soothing words or actions; mildly, gently, pleasingly.
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the world > action or operation > manner of action > lack of violence, severity, or intensity > [adverb] > without harshness or gently
lightlyeOE
neshlyeOE
fairOE
neshc1175
softlyc1225
softa1325
hoolya1340
tenderlyc1385
soft and fair(ly)c1391
weakly1398
delicately?a1425
prettilyc1500
gently1533
gentle1548
breathingly1662
blandly1827
sparingly1863
piano1873
gauzily1903
creamily1948
the world > action or operation > behaviour > good behaviour > courtesy > [adverb] > with agreeable manner > blandly or suavely
smootha1500
bland1596
blandly1827
suavely1862
1827 T. Carlyle Richter in Edinb. Rev. June 182 It is seldom so much rugged energy can be so blandly attempered.
1853 C. Brontë Villette I. i. 3 Time always flowed..blandly, like the gliding of a full river through a plain.
1863 W. S. Landor Myrtis in Heroic Idylls Friends whom she lookt at blandly from her couch.
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