dreary
adjective
causing sadness or gloom.
drearily
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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
But the drearily expository monologues go on and on in Royce Vavrek’s leaden libretto.
From New York Times ● Jan. 14, 2024
The result is a movie that is almost constantly two things at once: breezily lighthearted and overwrought; hyper-energetic and lazy; bracingly fresh and drearily derivative.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 2, 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
But they did hold on, and as the war trailed drearily on, vindictiveness toward the stubborn stand of the seceding states grew steadily more bitter in the North.
From "Across Five Aprils" by Irene Hunt
