| 单词 |
dismally |
| 释义 |
ˈdismally, adv. [f. dismal a. + -ly2.] In a dismal manner; dreadfully; gloomily, dolorously.
a1660Hammond Rev. ix. (R.), A lion gaping or yawning from his prey, and the blood of it about his mouth, looks very dismally. 1670Eachard Cont. Clergy 95 If he be either notoriously ignorant or dismally poor. 1709Steele Tatler No. 38 ⁋6, I dismally dread the Multiplication of these Mortals under..a settled Peace. 1794Wordsw. Guilt & Sorrow xlii, Dismally tolled that night the city clock! 1840Dickens Barn. Rudge i, The wind howled dismally among the bare branches of the trees. 1874Morley Compromise (1886) 114 Their doctrine was dismally insufficient, and sometimes..directly vicious. |

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