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# blankly

«blankly» in Mova's school dictionary: **In a way that shows no feeling or understanding; with an…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

adverb (blankly)

### meaning for a pupil

In a way that shows no feeling or understanding; with an empty look. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/blankly/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

a character looks at someone with no sign of knowing what they mean.

### examples

- "What?" she said blankly. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/blankly/#x1)
- The boy stared blankly at the sum. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/blankly/#x2)
- He looked blankly at the teacher, who had asked a question he could not follow. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/blankly/#x3)

### note

nothing for maths.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «blankly» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/blankly/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.