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GRIMLY
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I. (adverb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
In a grim implacable manner
Example:
he was grimly satisfied
Classified under:
Pertainym:
grim (not to be placated or appeased or moved by entreaty)
Context examples:
I wonder what other bridegroom ever looked as he did—so bent up to a purpose, so grimly resolute: or who, under such steadfast brows, ever revealed such flaming and flashing eyes.
(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)
Jo saw and understood the look, and she stalked grimly away to get wine and beef tea, muttering to herself as she slammed the door, "I hate estimable young men with brown eyes!"
(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)
The salesman chuckled grimly.
(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
“Wait and you will see,” he answered grimly.
(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)
"If you persist, you'll have to call that officer, and then you'll get your name in the papers," Martin answered grimly.
(Martin Eden, by Jack London)
"And you're that one," Womble announced grimly.
(Love of Life and Other Stories, by Jack London)
I was awakened by the Count, who looked at me as grimly as a man can look as he said:—To-morrow, my friend, we must part.
(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)
Having once caught the bridle, he mastered it directly and sprang to his saddle; grimacing grimly as he made the effort, for it wrenched his sprain.
(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)
The news editor smiled grimly.
(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
“There is one way,” I said grimly. She waited.
(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)
