grimly

[ grim-lee ]

/ ˈgrɪm li /

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in a stern, sinister, fierce, or forbidding way:The mood has turned bleak here as the populace prepares grimly for a period of prolonged hardship and, they fear, war.For many years, art was forbidden in the country unless it was grimly, dully figurative or a gaudy mural glorifying the dictator’s regime.

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Origin of grimly

First recorded before 1000; grim + -ly

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grime, Grimes Golden, Grimes Graves, Grimhild, Grimké, grimly, Grimm, Grimm's law, Grimm, the brothers, grimoire, Grim Reaper

How to use grimly in a sentence

Even the title of the most explicitly grim song, “Dis-Ease,” ostensibly about Covid-19 itself, is a pun on the idea of unease rather than a direct confrontation of illness.
BTS’s new album is sublime comfort pop for the soul in lockdown|Aja Romano|November 20, 2020|Vox
He reported from Cuba, where he interviewed the charismatic revolutionary Che Guevara and had a grim assessment of what the future would hold for the country under Fidel Castro.
Jan Morris, artful travel writer who broke many boundaries, dies at 94|Matt Schudel|November 20, 2020|Washington Post
Even for museums that have reopened — including storied institutions such as the Met and the MoMA — the eeriness of empty galleries and exhibitions suggests a grim shift in museumgoers’ sense of safety in public spaces.
Plight at the Museum|Jen Trolio|November 20, 2020|Vox
On that latter metric, the Dakotas are in a particularly grim position.
The government’s coronavirus response is now officially a failure by its own measure|Philip Bump|November 11, 2020|Washington Post

As if to underscore the difficult days ahead, the United States on Monday hit the latest grim milestone in the pandemic, surpassing 10 million confirmed cases of covid-19, the disease caused by the coronavirus, along with more than 238,000 deaths.
Pfizer coronavirus vaccine could be cleared by mid-December following release of data showing it is more than 90 percent effective|Laurie McGinley, Lena H. Sun, Carolyn Y. Johnson|November 10, 2020|Washington Post
Walmart is actually defying the logic embraced so grimly by Sears, Kmart, and millions of citizen-shoppers.
Walmart Lifts Black Friday’s Curse|James Poulos|November 26, 2014|DAILY BEAST
“Girls who are abducted or recruited, many are ... assigned to officers,” Whitaker explained grimly.
Forest Whitaker’s New Cause: Child Soldiers|Anna Therese Day|July 13, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Savage Coast uses this technique to great effect, especially as the novel builds to its determined, grimly triumphant dénouement.
The Art of Rediscovery: Muriel Rukeyser’s “Savage Coast”|Lauren Elkin|August 16, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Libertarians, of course, have grimly wished a pox on both their houses of Congress.
Big Brother Is Watching Your Cell Phone|Megan McArdle|June 6, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Ross Douthat has a grimly ironic take on sequestration: Yes it's dumb, but so are we.
The Sequestration 'The Public' Deserves?|David Frum|March 5, 2013|DAILY BEAST
He towered grimly above her, shaking a threatening finger in her very face.
St. Martin's Summer|Rafael Sabatini
"I don't care whether he has two thousand or five thousand; I am going to catch him and make him fight," said McNeil, grimly.
The Courier of the Ozarks|Byron A. Dunn
Belle smiled up at him and moved her check to the edge of her table as Darry rather grimly bade her good-night.
The Campfire Girls of Roselawn|Margaret Penrose
"Of course, no good woman wants to be Mrs. Whiskey Weston," said my friend grimly.
The Soldier of the Valley|Nelson Lloyd
He kept on grimly, however, never deviating from his perspective, which was the swampy ground on the outer curve of the bend.
The Red Year|Louis Tracy

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