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Definition of Dismally
1. Adverb. 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"
2. Adverb. 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"
Definition of Dismally
1. adv. In a dismal manner; gloomily; sorrowfully; uncomfortably.
Definition of Dismally
1. Adverb. In a dismal manner ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Dismally
1. dismal [adv] - See also: dismal
Lexicographical Neighbors of Dismally
Literary usage of Dismally
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Dictionary of Slang, Jargon & Cant: Embracing English, American, and Anglo by Albert Barrère, Charles Godfrey Leland (1889)
"... looking the most decently dressed, held in his hand a few local newspapers—dismally
deadstock, considering the day and the hour. ..."
2. The Failure of Lord Curzon: A Study in "imperialism" by Charles James O'Donnell (1903)
"D. THE NEW EFFICIENCY—" dismally BELIED " MY LORD,— It is some fifteen years
since I had the honour to be presented to you in India, when you were good ..."
3. Memoirs of the Political and Private Life of James Caulfield, Earl of by Francis Hardy (1812)
"... and our unintentionally victorious senators were obliged, on their return
home, to §top at the end of almost every street, and huzza, very dismally, ..."
4. Jokes for All Occasions: Selected and Ed. by One of America's Foremost (1922)
"He did all the talking, and did it forcibly. When at last the outraged salesman
went away, the porter shook his head dismally, and muttered: "Now, ..."
5. The London Medical Gazette (1850)
"Many are overshadowed by some impending rend gigantic evil, vague, but dismally
real and irresistible, which they cannot describe. ..."
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