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Meanings of joylessly in English

In a joyless manner; without joy.

Usage of joylessly in English
1
They joylessly eat boiled fish meals with watery sauces and no bread.
The Guardian
2
So I went to the baths, where I soaked myself joylessly.
The Wise Man’s Fear
3
Turning his head towards me Captain C-smiled too, rather joylessly.
Some Reminiscences
4
Turning his head toward me, Captain C--smiled, too, rather joylessly.
A Personal Record
5
I plodded joylessly on to the top of the mountain.
A walk in the woods: rediscovering america on the appalachian tr...
6
I, who had centred everything round one thought, must now start joylessly along new paths.
Recollections of My Childhood and Youth
7
Back and forth they went all afternoon, alternatingly exhilarated and exasperated, joyously dancing and joylessly watching.
Feminist dot com
8
Even poses suggestive of yoga, tai chi and prayer are repeated joylessly; it is an exhausting drill.
The Guardian
9
Nice going, you two. Both nodded joylessly.
Driving Heat
10
He got it against his breast joylessly, and then bade her to try the weight of the two.
Complete Project Gutenberg Works of George Meredith
11
Dull and joylessly he did his duty, and deeper and deeper the lines became traced upon his forehead.
Dame Care
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Moments like these are the mothers in travail of a resolve joylessly conceived, undesired to clasp, Necessity's offspring.
Lord Ormont and His Aminta — Complete
13
Ares was never this joylessly grim.
Book Two: Descent
14
They stare at one vacuously, joylessly.
The Pleasures of Ignorance
15
This time both women laughed joylessly.
The cold room
16
He found a seat surrounded by happily babbling Gryffindors, plopped into it, and began to eat methodically, joylessly.
James Potter and the Hall of Elders' Crossing
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Joylessly through the time