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dismally


 
  Overview  of  adv  dismally 
 
  The  adv  dismally  has  2  senses  (first  1  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  (2)  dismally,  drearily  --  (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") 
  2.  dismally,  dreadfully  --  (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") 
 
  Overview  of  adv  dismally 
 
  The  adv  dismally  has  2  senses  (first  1  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  (2)  dismally,  drearily  --  (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") 
  2.  dismally,  dreadfully  --  (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") 



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