grimly

Meanings

1. 1
   adv

   in a grim implacable manner

   I was grimly satisfied.

2. 2
   adj

   Grim-looking, grim-natured.

   To hear her rant, one would have supposed, who had not seen him, that her lank-haired, grimly partner, was the prettiest youth in the county of Dublin, and that all the comely lasses in Chapelizod and the country round were sighing and setting caps at him […].

3. 3
   adv

   In a grim manner.

   He looked round and shouted grimly, "As soon as the gate is opened, you go out there - running.".

From Middle English grymly, grimliche, from Old English grimlīċe, equivalent to grim + -ly. Cognate with Icelandic grimmliga.

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