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I. (adverb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
With gloom
Example:
such a change is gloomily foreseen by many
Classified under:
Pertainym:
gloomy (filled with melancholy and despondency)
Context examples:
“I hope a wild goose may not prove to be the end of our chase,” observed Mr. Merryweather gloomily.
(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
“Does he gloomily profess to be (I am ashamed to use the word in such association) religious still?” I inquired.
(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)
The Premier’s thin, blue-veined hands were clasped tightly over the ivory head of his umbrella, and his gaunt, ascetic face looked gloomily from Holmes to me.
(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
She did it gloomily until she came to ten, but when she got into two figures she became more hopeful, and, as the time advanced, even jocular.
(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)
He eyed her gloomily—remorsefully I thought—for an instant; and said, turning his head towards me, but looking at my feet instead of my face: We are not likely to encounter soon again;—a source of satisfaction to us both, no doubt, for such meetings as this can never be agreeable.
(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)
I was so confounded by the alteration in him, that at first I could only observe him in silence, as he stood leaning his head upon his hand, and looking gloomily down at the fire.
(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)
"The old Metropole," brooded Mr. Wolfshiem gloomily.
(The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald)
He sat down gloomily.
(The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald)
