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UK
/dˈɪzməli/
]
[ US /ˈdɪzməɫi/ ]
[ US /ˈdɪzməɫi/ ]
ADVERB
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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 -
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
How To Use dismally In A Sentence
- 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
- And there might have to be, if not a long twilight struggle, then at least a serious all-nighter with some dismally poor lighting.
- I tried not to laugh but failed dismally .
- Villeroy, whom Henry was wont to call the pedagogue of the council, went about sighing dismally, wishing himself dead, and perpetually ejaculating, "Ho! poor France, how much hast thou still to suffer! Life and Death of John of Barneveld, Advocate of Holland : with a view of the primary causes and movements of the Thirty Years' War — Complete (1609-15)
- He walked all the way home very dismally, and dined alone with Briggs. Vanity Fair
- Sometimes, then, you are 'blued' most dismally, like the balance of unphilosophic men and women, eh? Beulah
- And they had played dismally for three days, evidently underprepared. Times, Sunday Times
- The "Parker Spitzer" lead-in averaged 471,000 total viewers, meaning that "Parker Spitzer" lost 17,000 total viewers from the already dismally-rated 7PM hour. 'Parker Spitzer' Ratings: CNN Show Debuts In LAST
- He walked all the way home very dismally, and dined alone with Briggs. Vanity Fair
- I'm so dismally slumbersome that if I keep you to help me, I shall fall asleep on your hands. Madeline Payne, the Detective's Daughter