Explore Blandly through 10+ example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Blandly meaning
In a bland manner.
Using Blandly
- The main meaning on this page is: In a bland manner.
- In the example corpus, blandly often appears in combinations such as: blandly they, saying blandly, the blandly.
Context around Blandly
- Average sentence length in these examples: 24.6 words
- Position in the sentence: 4 start, 9 middle, 3 end
- Sentence types: 14 statements, 2 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Blandly
- In this selection, "blandly" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 24.6 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, saying, somewhat, sentence, surviving, sinister and forgettable stand out and add context to how "blandly" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include acceptable to blandly forgettable and all beyond blandly promoting their. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "blandly" sits close to words such as aaaa, abductees and abdulahi, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with blandly
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Many Americans during the 2008 presidential race talked of McCain vs. Obama almost blandly. (14 words)
Directed by Michael Jarbazek, the blandly competent film does little more than its premise suggests. (15 words)
Government Relations Minister Lori Carr introduced the blandly named Miscellaneous Municipal Statutes Amendment Act on Tuesday. (16 words)
The clubbable mediocrity whose greatest achievement in life is winning the support of his local Tory association, and blandly surviving into his sixth decade, is taken to pass the “done stuff” test because grey hairs continue to sprout from his head. (41 words)
The mean roads and mangy cats of Stephen King’s “Pet Sematary” are back from the dead in Kevin Kolsch and Dennis Widmyer’s vividly acted, blandly condensed remake of Mary Lambert’s 1989 movie, adapted from King’s 1983 novel. (41 words)
I’ll be the first to admit, that somewhat blandly, my go-to comfort-food cuisine rarely branches out to Mexican, but did my experience at Tortilla’s latest premises prompt me to embrace a new cuisine? (37 words)
I don’t know of any, other than saying blandly they would act differently from what Tinubu is doing? (19 words)
I’ll be the first to admit, that somewhat blandly, my go-to comfort-food cuisine rarely branches out to Mexican, but did my experience at Tortilla’s latest premises prompt me to embrace a new cuisine? (37 words)
Example sentences (16)
So much of this movie is worried about adhering to the norms of other superhero films or rendering characters so blandly they won’t alienate any viewers.
The clubbable mediocrity whose greatest achievement in life is winning the support of his local Tory association, and blandly surviving into his sixth decade, is taken to pass the “done stuff” test because grey hairs continue to sprout from his head.
Danny Huston is blandly sinister as the villain Vincent Roeg, especially compared to the slimy charisma of Michael Wincott in the original.
I don’t know of any, other than saying blandly they would act differently from what Tinubu is doing?
I’ll be the first to admit, that somewhat blandly, my go-to comfort-food cuisine rarely branches out to Mexican, but did my experience at Tortilla’s latest premises prompt me to embrace a new cuisine?
The film’s visual effects are spotty throughout, and its locations and backdrops range from mildly acceptable to blandly forgettable.
Treat her blandly, and keep her at arm’s length, but have a backup couch to crash on in case she decides to make living together an impossibility.
But the next sentence blandly adds that “existing and new registered contractors will get to bid for government jobs”.
Directed by Michael Jarbazek, the blandly competent film does little more than its premise suggests.
Government Relations Minister Lori Carr introduced the blandly named Miscellaneous Municipal Statutes Amendment Act on Tuesday.
On Twitter — where few opera stars, when they’re present at all, beyond blandly promoting their performances — she posts, often with an abundance of emoji, about everything.
The government’s lethargic rejoinders, saying blandly that the news “is incorrect and baseless” ran on a few TV channels but had no effect.
The mean roads and mangy cats of Stephen King’s “Pet Sematary” are back from the dead in Kevin Kolsch and Dennis Widmyer’s vividly acted, blandly condensed remake of Mary Lambert’s 1989 movie, adapted from King’s 1983 novel.
All the while, Pressler writes, Delvey doggedly maintained a blandly authoritative persona that stultified rather than beckoned.
Last week, in keeping with the media’s ho-hum atmosphere of normalized political espionage, Jonathan Winer blandly outed himself as a State Department cog in Obamagate.
Many Americans during the 2008 presidential race talked of McCain vs. Obama almost blandly.
Common combinations with blandly
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: