| 单词 | dismally |
| 释义 | dismally (once / 3597 pages) adv Use the adverb dismally to describe something that happens in a gloomy or disappointing way. Your campaign for student council president has failed dismally if you only end up with one vote. You might describe your dark, bleak bedroom as dismally lit, or talk about how your friend is so sad that all she can do is sit around sighing dismally. You could also say that your favorite baseball team is doing dismally this season, if they've lost every game. The word dismally comes from the adjective dismal, with its Medieval Latin root of dies mali, "evil or unlucky days." WORD FAMILYdismal: dismalest, dismally USAGE EXAMPLESA dismally small percentage of Tennessee students demonstrated mastery of the coursework - 3.7 percent in math and 8.3 percent in English. Washington Times(Dec 21, 2016) When voters demur, evidently their strategy is retain power by fixing the system: a terrible harbinger for America’s broader, dismally partisan politics. Economist(Dec 20, 2016) Desperately did I try to fascinate that night; dismally did I fail. New York Times(Dec 01, 2016) 1adv in a dreadful manner as he looks at the mess he has left behind he must wonder how the Brits so often managed to succeed in the kind of situation where he has so dismally failed Syn dreadfully 2adv in a cheerless manner in August 1914 , there was a dismally sentimental little dinner, when the French, German, Austrian and Belgian members of the committee drank together to the peace of the future Syn drearily |
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