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Meanings of dismally in inglés

portugués
terrivelmente

In a dreadful manner.

terrivelmente

In a cheerless manner.

Synonyms
Examples for "dreadfully"
Examples for "dreadfully"
1
The general blushed dreadfully; Colia blushed too; and Ptitsin turned hastily away.
The Idiot
2
The splendid fountains in the centre of the Place are dreadfully smashed.
The Insurrection in Paris
3
The remainder of the passengers were all dreadfully ill in their berths.
Self-Raised; Or, From the Depths
4
I should think it would be heavy and dreadfully in the way.
The Burgess Animal Book for Children
5
The house seemed dreadfully empty, and last night's work weighed on him.
Pet Sematary
Usage of dismally in inglés
1
For the amount of effort involved, it was a dismally unproductive week.
The Irish Times
2
In the meantime the tailor grew worse, and began to moan dismally.
For the Term of His Natural Life
3
The bare boughs were whipped about in the gale, and creaked dismally.
The Forest Runners: A Story of the Great War Trail in Early Kent...
4
The night effects of that particular neighbourhood have always affected me dismally.
The Inheritors
5
People spoke of it in awed tones and shook their heads dismally.
Christopher Columbus
6
Sitting in a circle, the wolves lifted their heads and howled dismally.
The Rover Boys In The Mountains; Or, A Hunt for Fun and Fortune
7
The old man smiled in his most saturnine fashion and sighed dismally.
The Black Pearl
8
Both lived long enough to see their own literary reputations fade dismally.
The burglar who liked to quote kipling
9
The sunken rocks are dismally named after the vessels they have destroyed.
For the Term of His Natural Life
10
Although the light was thus dismally shrouded, the prospect was not obscured.
No Thoroughfare
11
Then the far-off howl of a wolf struck dismally on his ear.
Vandrad the Viking; Or, The Feud and the Spell
12
She was holding on to the tail of his jacket, sniffling dismally.
The Story of Dago
13
Their consternation was however very great, and they howled and lamented dismally.
A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels, Volume ...
14
He worked away dismally at his letters till he had finished them.
Psmith in the City
15
At noon they lined up for mess again, ate dismally and hurriedly.
Three Soldiers
16
Humpty looked dismally at his surroundings, and continued to swing his legs.
The Empire Annual for Girls, 1911
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Translations for dismally
portugués
terrivelmente
Dismally through the time
Dismally across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Less common