funereally
- a word derived from funereal.
Example Sentences
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One day, in March 1912, the 24-year-old artist received two funereally dressed visitors in his Paris studio.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 12, 2026
I realize I’m part of a very small, self-selecting audience for a formally austere, funereally gloomy Portuguese art film that, like all Costa’s work, has drawn little attention beyond festivals.
From Slate • Dec. 26, 2020
Instead, it began funereally, then segued to revelry, then to fireside unbuttoning, and ended not only with horror but with broken hearts across the realm.
From The New Yorker • May 6, 2019
Jagger, who was still a student at the London School of Economics, wore a striped sweater and corduroys; Richards a funereally dark suit; while Jones pogoed up and down, leering at the women.
From The Guardian • Jul. 9, 2012
“There he is,” Aarfy orated funereally, pointing down dramatically at a hay wagon and two horses standing before the bam of a gray stone farmhouse.
From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller
