dismally

2 definitions found

dismally - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

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

dismally - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  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:
             dismally, 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: dismally, dreadfully]