bleakly


bleak 1

B0318700 (blēk)adj. bleak·er, bleak·est 1. a. Gloomy and somber: "Life in the Aran Islands has always been bleak and difficult" (John Millington Synge).b. Providing no encouragement; depressing: a bleak prospect.2. Cold and cutting; raw: bleak winds of the North Atlantic.3. Exposed to the elements; unsheltered and barren: the bleak, treeless regions of the high Andes.
[Middle English bleik, pale, from Old Norse bleikr, white; see bhel- in Indo-European roots.]
bleak′ly adv.bleak′ness n.

bleak 2

B0318700 (blēk)n. pl. bleak or bleaks Any of various small European freshwater fishes of the genus Alburnus, having silvery scales.
[Middle English bleke, probably alteration (influenced by bleke, pale) of *blay, from Old English blǣge.]
Thesaurus
Adv.1.bleakly - without hopebleakly - without hope; "he wondered bleakly"
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