drearily
1
5.4
- adverb
- /ˈdrɪrɪli/
:
tristemente
- The rain fell drearily against the window, making her feel even more depressed.
- drearily familiar
- drearily repetitive
- said drearily
Examples
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Perhaps they will become yet another breakaway movement, as many church officials must drearily hope.
Blog text (23) -
This inventory is significant not only in underscoring the drearily repetitive nature of the lives of Waugh's contemporary characters, but also in positing a more universal role for "all that succession and repetition."
Academic text (2000) -
It's a welcome break from the drearily negative news cycle.
Blog text (5) -
"I was," I said drearily.
Fiction book (1998) -
Buddy looked drearily at her brother, who was putting books into a carton and sealing it.
Fiction book (2002) -
It was all too plausible, too drearily familiar.
Fiction book (2001) -
The cinder-block story that Avner had added stood there drearily.
Fiction book (1994) -
"We were in Amwell, New Jersey," Peggy said drearily.
Fiction book (1994) -
This idea permeates On the Road, as Sal wishes he were "a Negro ... a Denver Mexican, or even a poor overworked Jap, anything but what I was so drearily, a 'white man disillusioned.'"
Academic text (2003) -
Geertz is far too nuanced a writer to allow himself the strident self-justifications of an F. R. Leavis, or to splutter forth the drearily conventional Anglo-American polemics against theory.
Academic text (1994)
Synonyms
6
5.8
In a sad, quiet way that shows someone is unhappy
5
4.1
In a way that makes you feel sad or hopeless
4
6.8
A quiet, angry way of showing you are upset
3
5.5
In a serious and sad way
3
4.4
In a boring way that shows little interest or energy
3
4.1
In a sad way that shows no hope
3
4.8
In a gloomy way that makes people feel sad or hopeless
2
6.2
In a way that shows no hope or cheer
2
6.5
In a sad, disappointed way
1
6.1
In a way that shows no hope
1
6.0
In a sad or gloomy way that shows someone is unhappy
1
5.4
In a way that shows no energy or interest
1
7.3
In a sad, hopeless way that shows you have lost hope
1
8.5
In a very sad way that shows no comfort or hope
1
7.5
In a way that shows great loneliness and sadness
1
8.4
In a serious, unfriendly way that shows dislike
In a sad, tired way with little energy
In a very sad, gloomy way
In a dull way without life or interest
In a dull way that shows no interest
Antonyms
How Gloomy
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Drearily comes from the adjective dreary plus the ending -ly, and dreary goes back to an old English word drēorig meaning 'sad' or 'gloomy'. So, to do something drearily is to do it in a dull, cheerless way, like walking home in the rain.