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Meanings of drearily in English

In a cheerless manner.

Usage of drearily in English
1
The door flapped drearily and added to the desolation of the scene.
Lucia Rudini: Somewhere in Italy
2
Without, the young man could see roofs drearily white in the dawning.
Men, Women, and Boats
3
The rain still fell drearily and spattered the page as he read.
The Black Creek Stopping-House, and Other Stories
4
Carrying, it dawned on me drearily, the legend home to the faithful.
Woken furies
5
The sound echoed drearily through the empty rooms, but no servant came.
Japanese Literature / Including Selections from Genji Monogatari...
6
Kate stood by the window, looking out drearily at the matinal sunlight.
Kate Danton, or, Captain Danton's Daughters: A Novel
7
The chill, damp wind sighing drearily across the forest presaged a northeaster.
A Busy Year at the Old Squire's
8
A small procession of wounded men were going drearily toward the rear.
The Red Badge of Courage: An Episode of the American Civil War
9
Anthony now settled down rather drearily to the study of religious controversy.
By What Authority?
10
The other was silent, and they drearily bent over their books again.
Life's Little Ironies / A set of tales with some colloquial sket...
11
Her hands dropped from her face, and she confronted the fact drearily.
The Coast of Chance
12
The rain drips drearily around Judge Hardin's spacious residence in San Francisco.
The Little Lady of Lagunitas: A Franco-Californian Romance
13
The child, still sobbing, turned away, and drearily started up the hill.
Told in a French Garden / August, 1914
14
Yossarian sighed drearily and began brooding about the rumored mission to Bologna.
Catch-22
15
Turnbull picked up one of them drearily, and took out a pipe.
The Ball and the Cross
16
So he left her without explanation, and Nina went drearily to bed.
Rosa Mundi and Other Stories
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