Dismally
['dɪzməli]
Definition
(adv.) in a dreadful manner; 'as he looks at the mess he has left behind he must wonder how the Brits so often managed to succeed in the kind of situation where he has so dismally failed'.
(adv.) in a cheerless manner; 'in August 1914 , there was a dismally sentimental little dinner, when the French, German, Austrian and Belgian members of the committee drank together to the peace of the future'.
Editor: Mamie--From WordNet
Definition
(adv.) In a dismal manner; gloomily; sorrowfully; uncomfortably.
Typist: Wanda
Examples
- Whatever he put on, became him less (it dismally seemed to me) than what he had worn before. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- Thank you,' said Tom, shaking his head dismally, and chewing rosebuds. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
- The wind howled dismally all night, and strange cracking and groaning noises sounded here, there, and everywhere in the empty house. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- He walked all the way home very dismally, and dined alone with Briggs. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- And if anything could have made him look more abject or more dismally ridiculous than before, it would have been his so displaying himself. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Dismally so, said he; and I--well, I never want to talk seriously in hot weather. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
Typist: Wanda