darkly

Example Sentences

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The online blurb says the book is a "darkly humorous novel that uses the deftest touch to draw a thread through the lives of Welsh farmers, city accountants, Indian hoteliers and Eisteddfod mums".

From BBC

Sometimes it gets more horrific or even darkly comic.

From Los Angeles Times

‘It had better not be,’ Uncle replied darkly.

From Literature

In fiction that means a darkly comic novel about a gay married couple on the vacation from hell on to a debut portrait of first-gen Asian American angst.

From Los Angeles Times

“The prototypes are a bust,” he muttered darkly.

From Literature