drearily
- a word derived from dreary.
Example Sentences
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They were drearily negative in the critical game against Hungary at the Euros and went out with a whimper.
From BBC • Jun. 20, 2026
This is all so drearily antiquated — and that, I think, is the point.
From Washington Post • Aug. 23, 2022
In “Northeast from Flagstaff Mountain, Boulder County, Colorado,” 1975, an ominous shadow across the bottom of the picture underscores a denuded mountain, which overlooks featureless housing developments that extend drearily toward the horizon.
From New York Times • Jul. 13, 2022
But as captivating as that energy can be during their finest verbal knife fights, this three-part season feels drearily longer than that count suggests.
From Salon • Apr. 23, 2022
He woke to the Sergeant, bowlegged Corse: the man dragged drearily by on a spattered horse, raised disgusted eyes.
From "The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War" by Michael Shaara
