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Definition of Blandly
1. Adverb. In a bland manner. "His blandly incompetent attempts"
Definition of Blandly
1. adv. In a bland manner; mildly; suavely.
Definition of Blandly
1. Adverb. In a bland manner. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Blandly
1. bland [adv] - See also: bland
Lexicographical Neighbors of Blandly
Literary usage of Blandly
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Curiosities of the Law Reporters by Franklin Fiske Heard (1871)
"... rose as amicus curise, and suggested in arrest of judgment that there was a
material defect in the indictment, the Lord Chief Justice blandly observed, ..."
2. A Dictionary of English Etymology by Hensleigh Wedgwood (1872)
"... importunity and weariness by report, but he had not yet learned the art of
being blandly insolent, and thus could not shake off the ..."
3. Niphon and Pe-che-li; Or, Two Years in Japan and Northern China by Edward Barrington De Fonblanque (1862)
"The Governor sat smiling blandly at his post: he had heard no report whatever
except that of the guns, which he was quite at a loss to account for. ..."
4. Curiosities of the Law Reporters by Franklin Fiske Heard (1871)
"... rose as amicus curise, and suggested in arrest of judgment that there was a
material defect in the indictment, the Lord Chief Justice blandly observed, ..."
5. A Dictionary of English Etymology by Hensleigh Wedgwood (1872)
"... importunity and weariness by report, but he had not yet learned the art of
being blandly insolent, and thus could not shake off the ..."
6. Niphon and Pe-che-li; Or, Two Years in Japan and Northern China by Edward Barrington De Fonblanque (1862)
"The Governor sat smiling blandly at his post: he had heard no report whatever
except that of the guns, which he was quite at a loss to account for. ..."
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