adv. [f. as prec. + -LY2.]

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  † 1.  Palely. Obs.

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1611.  Cotgr., Pallement, palely, bleakly, wanly.

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  2.  In a bleak or exposed situation.

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1538.  Leland, Itin., V. 99. Standing veri blekely and object to all Wynddes.

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1798.  Pennant, Hindoostan, II. 353. The lake is … situated bleakly.

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1857.  Mrs. Gaskell, C. Brontë, I. iv. 61. The moors, stretching bleakly and barely far up from the dwelling.

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  3.  Coldly, chilly.

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1795.  Coleridge, Soldier’s Wife, in Southey, Lyr. P., II. 140. Bleakly the blinding snow beats in thy hagged face.

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