In a blate manner; shyly, nervously, or with a bleating sound.
Adverbial form of 'blate' (adjective) formed by adding the standard English suffix '-ly,' which converts adjectives to adverbs describing how an action is performed.
Adding '-ly' to adjectives is one of English's most productive word-making tricks—we can instantly turn almost any adjective into an adverb! 'Blately' is a less common example, but it shows the system works even with archaic base words.
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