blankly
With empty eyes
Blankly describes doing something with a blank expression—showing no emotion, comprehension, or recognition.
Someone stares blankly when their face reveals nothing: She looked at me blankly, as if we'd never met.
The word often suggests confusion or mental absence: He blankly repeated the question.
Prolonged fixed gaze
- gazeFixed, intent look
- vacantWithout an occupant
- deadpanExpressionless, especially for humor
- poker-facedShowing no emotion
glazed · unseeing · fixed · hollow · wide-eyed · unblinking · glassy · dull
Without visible emotion
- stoicUncomplaining endurer of hardship
- unemotionalLacking outward feeling
- detachedApart or uninvolved
- dispassionateFree from emotional involvement
unfeeling · cold · unmoved · indifferent · apathetic · affectless · flat · numb
Without legal effect
emptiness · nothingness · absence · vacuum · silence · nullity · barren · desolate
Unable to understand
- bewilderedThoroughly puzzled and confused
- puzzledConfused by something unclear
- baffledUtterly unable to understand
- perplexedThoroughly confused, uncertain
uncomprehending · lost · clueless · mystified · dumbfounded · nonplussed · oblivious · unaware
stare
Prolonged fixed gaze
poker-faced · glazed · unseeing · fixed · hollow · wide-eyed · unblinking · glassy · dull · flat
impassive
Without visible emotion
- stoicUncomplaining endurer of hardship
- unemotionalLacking outward feeling
- detachedApart or uninvolved
dispassionate · unfeeling · cold · unmoved · indifferent · apathetic · affectless · flat · numb · robotic
void
Without legal effect
bare · emptiness · nothingness · absence · vacuum · silence · nullity · barren · desolate · stripped
confused
Unable to understand
- bewilderedThoroughly puzzled and confused
- puzzledConfused by something unclear
- baffledUtterly unable to understand
perplexed · uncomprehending · lost · clueless · mystified · dumbfounded · nonplussed · oblivious · unaware · unknowing
blanklyexpressively
With outward emotion
animatedly · vividly · emotively · enthusiastically · warmly
blanklyunderstandingly
With sympathetic awareness
knowingly · comprehendingly · perceptively · intelligently · insightfully
- blank pageSheet without marks
- blank checkUnrestricted authority document
- drawing a blankUnable to remember
- draw a blankFail to remember
- blank stareExpressionless, unfocused gaze
- drew a blankFailed to remember
blank, blanks, blanked, blankness, blanking, blanker, blankest