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
"I feel that we are disastrously losing this game. And I think it's going to get worse," David added gloomily.
From BBC ● Oct. 23, 2025
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
“It will make them sick, don’t you understand ? Why don’t you try living on it yourself if you don’t believe me ?” “I did try,” admitted Milo gloomily.
From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller
