darkly

Word family  noun dark darkness adjective dark darkened darkening verb darken adverb darkly

 Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++dark·ly /ˈdɑːkli $ ˈdɑːrk-/ adverb  1  THREATENin a sad, angry, or threatening way 不快地；生气地；威胁地 Fred scowled darkly at her. 弗雷德满面怒容地看着她。2  having a dark colour 深色地 a darkly handsome man 肤色黝黑的英俊男子3  darkly funny/humorous/comic dealing with something that is bad or upsetting in a funny way 黑色幽默的 a darkly comic look at illness 看待疾病的黑色幽默态度

Examples from the Corpus

darkly• The model came in with the cups of tea, still glowering darkly at Paula from beneath her fringe of false eyelashes.• In 1943, it was a darkly dangerous, Kafka-like venture into the ugly opportunities of total war.• The light filtering in was enough to reveal a darkly gleaming surface of water, turbulent, continually rising.• The devastating thing about him is that he has those darkly glowing brown eyes like yours.• In an undergraduate photograph, his darkly handsome face has an air of earnest innocence.• He was lively, witty and darkly handsome - the exact opposite of George.• Sam was a darkly handsome young man.• Her eyes turned darkly serious as she began to talk about her troubled past.• The strong tendons in his darkly tanned hand sprang into relief as he lifted the pot.

dark·ly adverbChineseSyllable  

sad, or in a threatening way angry, Corpus

darkly
dark‧ly /ˈdɑːkli $ ˈdɑːrk-/ adverb1. in a sad, angry, or threatening way:
    Fred scowled darkly at her.
2. having a dark colour:
    a darkly handsome man
3. darkly funny/humorous/comic dealing with something that is bad or upsetting in a funny way:
    a darkly comic look at illness

dark·lyBrE /ˈdɑːkli/ 🔊NAmE /ˈdɑːrkli/ 🔊 adverbin a threatening or unpleasant way 威胁地；险恶地；负面地◆He hinted darkly that all was not well. 他悲观地暗示并非一切都顺利。🔊🔊showing a dark colour 漆黑地；乌黑地◆Her eyes burned darkly. 她的眼里满是怒火。🔊🔊