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How to use gloomily in a sentence

10 example sentences · adverb

Gloomily means in a gloomy manner. Example: “He was gloomily informative on points of law, of which the storehouse of his mind appeared to be well supplied.”

Examples of gloomily by meaning

adverbIn a gloomy manner.

  • He was gloomily informative on points of law, of which the storehouse of his mind appeared to be well supplied.1913, Norman Lindsay, A Curate in Bohemia, Sydney: N.S.W. Bookstall Co., published 1932, page 125

More sentences with gloomily

  • He stood up and gloomily opened a little silver-gilt box, its lid studded with aventurines.1998, Joris-Karl Huysmans, chapter 9, in Margaret Mauldon, transl., edited by Nicholas White, Against Nature (A rebours) (Oxford World’s…. From the entry aventurine
  • He was gloomily chewing on some tostado chips.2004, Pamela Troutman, Deadly Diamonds, →ISBN, page 101. From the entry tostado
  • Gloomily, I noted the splendor of Melody's thighs, peachily tan.1991, Lindsley Cameron, The Prospect of Detachment. From the entry peachily
  • "He's right up on his ear," said Clint gloomily.1916, Ralph Henry Barbour, chapter 10, in Left Guard Gilbert. From the entry up on one's ear
  • 'She’s hysterical already,' he murmured gloomily.1995, John Sherwood, Bones Gather No Moss, page 164. From the entry off one's hinges
  • “Aye aye, sir,” said Weems gloomily.1952, The Saturday Evening Post, page 134. From the entry prehumous
  • With the fall of dark the woman left him sitting gloomily asmoke on his soap-box before the fire, and went up into the van.1934, Maurice Walsh, The Road to Nowhere, London: W. & R. Chambers, Part 3, Chapter 3. From the entry asmoke
  • Six State Commissioners of Education gloomily chorused about retrenchments, pay cuts and shut-down schools in Alabama, Missouri, Tennessee, Washington, Massachusetts and Maine.1933 August 14, “No Slice for Teachers”, in Time. From the entry chorus
  • Stettinius—she a poet; he a bleached man, with goatish whiskers and a sanctimonious white neck-cloth, who was Puritanically, ethically, gloomily, religiously atheistic.1914, Sinclair Lewis, Our Mr. Wrenn: The Romantic Adventures of a Gentle Man, New York, N.Y.: Grosset & Dunlap, […], page 119. From the entry puritanically

Meaning of gloomily

  1. adverb In a gloomy manner.

Full definition of gloomily

Questions about gloomily in a sentence

How do you use gloomily in a sentence?
Gloomily is used as an adverb. For example: “He was gloomily informative on points of law, of which the storehouse of his mind appeared to be well supplied.”
What is a short sentence with gloomily?
“'She’s hysterical already,' he murmured gloomily.”
What does gloomily mean?
Gloomily means in a gloomy manner.

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