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Dictionary Results For "grimly" [?]/[OPML]

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English

Pronunciation

IPA: /ˈgrɪmli/
An audio transcript can be found at en-us-grimly.ogg

Etymology 1

, corresponding to .

Adjective

grim|Grim-looking, grim-natured.
* 1973: In reality it was the most terrifying sight I had seen to date: two fried eggs decorated with ketchup, Tabasco and chopped chillis in the semblance of a pair of bloodshot eyes – I would as soon have eaten my own leg. I waved the grimly thing away — Kyril Bonfiglioli, Don't Point That Thing at Me (Penguin 2001, p. 94)

Etymology 2

Adverb

In a grim manner.

it:grimly ru:grimly fi:grimly te:grimly vi:grimly zh:grimly

GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Grimly \Grim"ly\, a.
Grim; hideous; stern. [R.]
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In glided Margaret's grimly ghost,
And stood at William's feet. --D. Mallet.
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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Grimly \Grim"ly\, adv.
In a grim manner; fiercely. --Shak.
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WordNet grimly
adv : in a grim implacable manner; "he was grimly satisfied"

Moby Dictionary
adamantly , appallingly , austerely , banefully , bleakly , decorously ,
demurely , direly , dismally , dourly , dreadfully , drearily ,
earnestly , firmly , formally , frowningly , funereally , gloomily ,
gloweringly , glumly , gravely , grumly , harshly , heavily , hideously ,
horribly , horridly , immovably , immutably , implacably , inclemently ,
inexorably , inflexibly , intransigently , irreconcilably , loweringly ,
moodily , mopingly , morosely , mumpishly , obdurately , relentlessly ,
rigidly , rigorously , roughly , ruggedly , sadly , scowlingly ,
sedately , seriously , severely , shockingly , sober-mindedly , soberly ,
sobersidedly , solemnly , somberly , sombrously , staidly , sternly ,
stiffly , strictly , stringently , sulkily , sullenly , surlily ,
terribly , thoughtfully , toughly , tragically , unalterably ,
unbendingly , unchangeably , uncompromisingly , unregenerately ,
unrelentingly , unsparingly , unyieldingly