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Word entry · 8 letters

gloomily

Best crossword clue

"In a cheerless way"

8 letters · collected on this word page

8 lettersPronunciation /ˈɡluːmɪli/Part of speech adverbSorted gillmooyStarts with GEnds with Y1 clues
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Definitions

  1. Gloomily means in a sad, dark, or despondent manner.

Word origin

From gloomy + -ly.

Used in a sentence

  • [T]he sedate monk's hood lifted its head still higher and looked gloomily and wickedly down on it, while it nodded and kept time to the cuckoo's song, as if it were counting how many days it had to live.
  • He was gloomily informative on points of law, of which the storehouse of his mind appeared to be well supplied.
  • Frowning heads are still gloomily shaken when the subject is raised on the NER, [...].

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