English adverb: dismally | |||
1. | dismally in a cheerless manner | ||
Samples | 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. | ||
Synonyms | drearily | ||
2. | dismally in a dreadful manner | ||
Samples | 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. | ||
Synonyms | dreadfully | ||