gloomy
adjective
dark or dim; deeply shaded.
gloomily
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a word derived from
gloomy.
Example Sentences
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Now people in Silicon Valley are talking gloomily about the “SaaSpocalypse.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026
In September, Finance Secretary Shona Robison set out huge in-year cuts to balance the books, talking gloomily about austerity.
From BBC ● Dec. 20, 2024
More gloomily, the holiday was observed against a backdrop of continued fighting.
From Washington Times ● Aug. 24, 2023
Within emotional parameters that other actors might have found gloomily constricting, Nighy coaxes forth a tour de force of understatement, suffused with an almost musical melancholy.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 21, 2022
“What if Dad made a mistake?” she asked gloomily.
From "Flush" by Carl Hiaasen
