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# dismally

«dismally» in Mova's school dictionary: **In a dismal way; sadly and gloomily, with no hope or cheer** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

adverb

### meaning for a pupil

In a dismal way; sadly and gloomily, with no hope or cheer. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dismally/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

in tales, a creature or person makes a sad noise or looks unhappy; the word tells how something is said or done.

### examples

- The cow lowed dismally. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dismally/#x1)
- The dog whined dismally. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dismally/#x2)
- "We're lost," she said dismally. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dismally/#x3)
- The rain fell dismally all afternoon. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dismally/#x4)

### note

nothing for maths

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «dismally» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dismally/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.