Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: gloomily
IPA transcription: [ɡl'uməli]
r meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: gloomily
    Meaning: with gloom; "such a change is gloomily foreseen by many"
Usage examples
  • The butler nodded gloomily.
  • But he shook his head gloomily.
  • "Just like your own nickname happened," he answered gloomily.
  • "I should be afraid in your room at night," he observed gloomily.
  • "And at night he sallies forth and slays us," gloomily commented the other.
  • "He ruined any good effect my speech might have created," said Kenneth, gloomily.
  • He listened gloomily, with a melancholy and exhausted air, as though he would say:
  • I reckon, though, he'll be like the rest." He sat staring gloomily into the night.
  • A political prisoner called M. met me; he looked at me gloomily, his eyes flashed and his lips quivered.
  • "You," said the Pumpkinhead, gloomily, "are liable to live for many years. My life is necessarily short.