gloomily

«gloomily» in Mova's school dictionary: In a sad, hopeless or miserable way — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

adverb

meaning for a pupil

1) In a sad, hopeless or miserable way. tree →

2) In a dark, dim way (rarer). tree →

sense in the lessons

Shows a character's low mood: «said gloomily», «stared gloomily out of the window». In The Wind in the Willows, Toad sometimes sits gloomily in his prison cell before he cheers himself up with a boastful song.

examples

• «We'll never win,» said Tom gloomily. tree →
• She stared gloomily at the rain. tree →
• Toad sat gloomily in his cell, thinking of Toad Hall. tree →
• Eeyore-like, the donkey looked gloomily at his thistles. tree →
• The clouds hung gloomily over the hills. tree →
• He gloomily packed his bag for the long trip. tree →
• “They are in hell,” the king said gloomily. tree →

note

Adverb from «gloomy». Spelling: gloomy → gloomily (y changes to i). Opposite: cheerfully, brightly.

In the corpora

• The March Hare dips it in his tea and gloomily repeats that it was the best butter.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «gloomily» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.