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Definition of blackly adverb from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

blackly

adverb

/ˈblækli/

/ˈblækli/

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blackly comic/funny/humorous/satirical dealing with unpleasant or terrible things, such as murder, in a humorous way
- The movie takes a blackly humorous look at death.
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
Blackly is used with these adjectives:
comic
humorous
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