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# gloomily

«gloomily» in Mova's school dictionary: **In a sad, hopeless or miserable way** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

adverb

### meaning for a pupil

1) In a sad, hopeless or miserable way. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gloomily/#m1)

2) In a dark, dim way (rarer). [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gloomily/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

Shows a character's low mood: «said gloomily», «stared gloomily out of the window». In The Wind in the Willows, Toad sometimes sits gloomily in his prison cell before he cheers himself up with a boastful song.

### examples

- «We'll never win,» said Tom gloomily. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gloomily/#x1)
- She stared gloomily at the rain. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gloomily/#x2)
- Toad sat gloomily in his cell, thinking of Toad Hall. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gloomily/#x3)
- Eeyore-like, the donkey looked gloomily at his thistles. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gloomily/#x4)
- The clouds hung gloomily over the hills. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gloomily/#x5)
- He gloomily packed his bag for the long trip. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gloomily/#x6)
- “They are in hell,” the king said gloomily. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gloomily/#x7)

### note

Adverb from «gloomy». Spelling: gloomy → gloomily (y changes to i). Opposite: cheerfully, brightly.

### In the corpora

- [The March Hare dips it in his tea and gloomily repeats that it was the best butter.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/books/13-alice-a-mad-tea-party-1/6/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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