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Definition of Dispiritedly
1. Adverb. In a dispirited manner without hope. "The first Mozartian opera to be subjected to this curious treatment ran dispiritedly for five performances"
Definition of Dispiritedly
1. Adverb. In a dispirited manner. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Dispiritedly
1. [adv]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Dispiritedly
Literary usage of Dispiritedly
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Hedda Gabler: A Drama in Four Acts by Henrik Ibsen (1891)
"[Looks rather dispiritedly at her.] Yes, I daresay it will be, Aunt. Miss TESMAN.
Oh, my goodness ! TESMAN. How much do you think ? Give a guess. Eh ? ..."
2. The Cambridge History of English Literature by Adolphus William Ward, Alfred Rayney Waller (1913)
"... adaptation to Britain of Vergil's famous tribute to Italy in the second Georgic,
and "goes dispiritedly, glad to finish" to an abrupt and hurried end. ..."
3. Sunset by Southern Pacific Company, Southern Pacific Company. Passenger Dept (1910)
"About the camp-fire stood utensils from which the men were dispiritedly helping
themselves. Bob saw that the long pine-needles had been scraped together to ..."
4. The Harvard Classics by Charles William Eliot (1910)
"... Hurries with unhandsome thrift of silver, Goes dispiritedly, glad to finish.
XVI What, there's nothing in the moon noteworthy? ..."
5. English Literature: An Illustrated Record by Richard Garnett, Edmund Gosse (1905)
"Meanwhile FitzGerald somewhat dispiritedly published a paraphrase of the Agamemnon
in 1865, two more plays from Calderón, and the two Œdipus tragedies in ..."
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