Dismally

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Dismally \Dis"mal*ly\, adv.
     In a dismal manner; gloomily; sorrowfully; uncomfortably.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  dismally
       adv 1: in a cheerless manner; "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" [syn: {drearily}]
       2: in a dreadful manner; "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" [syn: {dreadfully}]