'Dismally' definitions:

Definition of 'dismally'

(from WordNet)
adverb
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]
adverb
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]

Definition of 'Dismally'

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

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