dismally

Meanings

1. 1
   adv

   in a dreadful manner

   As we look at the mess we have left behind, we must wonder how we fell so dismally short.

2. 2
   adv

   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

3. 3
   adv

   In a dismal manner.

   The ribs of the few horses showed dismally.

Etymology

From dismal + -ly.