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darkly

 adverb
     
dark‧ly
1 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
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