Dismally

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • In a dismal manner; with gloom or sorrow; cheerlessly; depressingly.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adverb. In a dismal manner; gloomily; sorrowfully; uncomfortably.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adverb. In a dismal manner
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adverb. in a cheerless manner
  • adverb. in a dreadful manner
  • Word Usage
    "Down in the valley the coyotes called dismally, with that infinite shrill sadness of wild things that hunger, and in their wailing pulsed the eternal and unanswerable "Why?" challenging the peaceful stars."
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    abysmally  
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning