Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In a dreary manner; dismally; forlornly.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adverb Gloomily; dismally.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adverb In a
dreary manner
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adverb in a cheerless manner
Etymologies
Sorry, no etymologies found.
Support
Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word drearily.
Examples
-
Both VictoriaandQueensland bowed respectfully to the eponymous Queen-Empress, whilethe remainder were and remain drearily compass-driven, viz. the Northern Territory, South Australia, and Western Australia.
Archive 2009-06-01 2009
-
Both VictoriaandQueensland bowed respectfully to the eponymous Queen-Empress, whilethe remainder were and remain drearily compass-driven, viz. the Northern Territory, South Australia, and Western Australia.
More names 2009
-
It is a lurid piece of nonsense, convoluted, implausible, peopled by unconvincing characters, written in drearily pedestrian prose, frequently ridiculous and willfully bizarre.
-
It is a lurid piece of nonsense, convoluted, implausible, peopled by unconvincing characters, written in drearily pedestrian prose, frequently ridiculous and willfully bizarre.
-
He said the word drearily, but not unkindly, and she did not resent his silence.
Mrs. Day's Daughters Mary E. Mann
-
The coachman cried out in the dimness to his horses like a bird, prolonging his call drearily, and then violently cracking his whip.
The Garden of Allah Robert Smythe Hichens 1907
-
I hear the young orioles calling drearily from wet nests under dripping boughs.
Aftermath James Lane Allen 1887
-
I wonder -- "drearily," I wonder how it will seem when I ain't got any pains, nor any tears, an 'when there ain't any more black nights to think about them in?
-
Unfortunately for "Strappado" the similarity between the stories is not exactly flattering as where "each thing i show you is a piece of my death" is technically superb and emotionally complex, Barron's story is a flat, stylistically uninteresting and ultimately rather drearily misanthropic story in which a couple of smug and wealthy gay men get what they (apparently) deserve.
REVIEW: The Best Horror Of The Year, Volume 2 edited by Ellen Datlow 2010
-
What happens when a successful filmmaker produces a work whose drearily selfish, self-indulgent, and self-deluded characters elicit absolutely no sympathy from the audience?
George Heymont: Invasion of the Narcissists George Heymont 2011
Comments
Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.