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# grimly

«grimly» in Mova's school dictionary: **In a stern, serious way, without smiling, often when…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

adverb

### meaning for a pupil

In a stern, serious way, without smiling, often when trouble is expected. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/grimly/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

characters speak or act with grim seriousness, often before a hard task or a danger

### examples

- «We must go on,» he said grimly. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/grimly/#x1)
- The soldiers marched grimly towards the hill. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/grimly/#x2)
- The pirates listened grimly to the news. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/grimly/#x3)

### note

nothing for maths

### Trees and pragmatics

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