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Wordnet 3.0

ADVERB (2)

1. in a cheerless manner;
- Example: "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"
[syn: dismally, drearily]

2. in a dreadful manner;
- Example: "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"
[syn: dismally, dreadfully]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Dismally \Dis"mal*ly\, adv.
   In a dismal manner; gloomily; sorrowfully; uncomfortably.
   [1913 Webster]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

dismally
    adv 1: 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" [syn:
           dismally, drearily]
    2: 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" [syn: dismally, dreadfully]