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- Dictionarydismally/ˈdɪzməli/
adverb
- 1. in a gloomy or depressed manner: "we drove round dismally"
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in a way that makes you feel very sad and without hope, or that shows someone is sad and without hope: Day and night the sirens screamed dismally. "I'll never get over this," he said dismally. informal. in a way that is very bad: Their attempts failed dismally.
adjective. dis· mal ˈdiz-məl. Synonyms of dismal. 1. : showing or causing gloom (see gloom entry 2 sense 2) or depression. the dismal prison twilight Charles Dickens. 2. : lacking merit : particularly bad. a dismal performance. 3. obsolete : disastrous, dreadful. dismally. ˈdiz-mə-lē. adverb. dismalness noun. Did you know?
Use the adverb dismally to describe something that happens in a gloomy or disappointing way. Your campaign for student council president has failed dismally if you only end up with one vote.
1. Causing gloom or depression; dreary: dismal weather; took a dismal view of the economy. 2. Characterized by ineptitude, dullness, or a lack of merit: a dismal book; a dismal performance on the cello. 3. Obsolete Dreadful; disastrous. n. Chiefly South Atlantic US See pocosin.
Synonyms for DISMALLY: miserably, drearily, forlornly, distressingly, glumly, darkly, morosely, sullenly; Antonyms of DISMALLY: happily, blissfully, joyously, joyfully, gladly, cheerfully, merrily, cheerily.
Definition of dismally adverb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
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causing gloom or dejection; gloomy; dreary; cheerless; melancholy: dismal weather. Antonyms: gay, cheerful. characterized by ineptness or lack of skill, competence, effectiveness, imagination, or interest; pitiful: Our team played a dismal game. Synonyms: dreadful, abysmal, hopeless. Obsolete.
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in a gloomy or depressed manner we drove round dismally the wolves howl dismally Examples God, I'm short, she thought, dismally glaring into the mirror. North American I remember leaning out of a high window in a dismally grey , downtown apartment building in Rotterdam.
