adv
Meaning 1
In a dismal manner.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
dismally
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Pronunciation
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UK: /ˈdɪz.mə.li/
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CMU ARPABET: D IH1 Z M AH0 L IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
adverb
Meaning 2
in a dreadful manner
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- 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
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: dreadfully
Antonyms: none provided
adverb
Meaning 3
in a cheerless manner
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- 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
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: drearily
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
Etymology tree English dismal Middle English -ly English -ly English dismally From dismal + -ly.