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Dismally

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Adverb

1. dismally, drearily

in a cheerless manner

Example Sentences:
'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'

2. dismally, dreadfully

in a dreadful manner

Example Sentences:
'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'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Dismally

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adjective
1. 
causing gloom or depression
2. 
causing dismay or terror
3. 
of poor quality or a low standard; feeble

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Dismally

see synonyms of dismally
adjective
1. 
causing gloom or misery; depressing
2. 
dark and gloomy; bleak; dreary
3. 
depressed; miserable

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Dismally

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adj.
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.

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