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Meanings of dismally in English
Portuguese
terrivelmente Usage of dismally in English
1
For the amount of effort involved, it was a dismally unproductive week.
2
In the meantime the tailor grew worse, and began to moan dismally.
3
The bare boughs were whipped about in the gale, and creaked dismally.
4
The night effects of that particular neighbourhood have always affected me dismally.
5
People spoke of it in awed tones and shook their heads dismally.
6
Sitting in a circle, the wolves lifted their heads and howled dismally.
7
The old man smiled in his most saturnine fashion and sighed dismally.
8
Both lived long enough to see their own literary reputations fade dismally.
9
The sunken rocks are dismally named after the vessels they have destroyed.
10
Although the light was thus dismally shrouded, the prospect was not obscured.
11
Then the far-off howl of a wolf struck dismally on his ear.
12
She was holding on to the tail of his jacket, sniffling dismally.
13
Their consternation was however very great, and they howled and lamented dismally.
14
He worked away dismally at his letters till he had finished them.
15
At noon they lined up for mess again, ate dismally and hurriedly.
16
Humpty looked dismally at his surroundings, and continued to swing his legs.
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Dismally through the time
Dismally across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Less common