groan
noun
a low, mournful sound uttered in pain or grief.
groaningly
-
a word derived from
groan.
Example Sentences
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“He was truly grounded in his faith ... you felt like you were in some holy presence. And then there was his groaningly bad comedy act.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 19, 2023
Larry’s new jokes are delivered, always, in two short sentences, the first of which is a declaration, the second a groaningly appropriate exclamation in response.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 15, 2021
The joke of a dad joke is not the joke itself—those are only ever groaningly funny, if that—it’s the dad.
From Slate ● Apr. 28, 2020
Civilization has survived, even to the point of sustaining groaningly bad academic puns.
From The New Yorker ● Apr. 10, 2017
That other's frame grows chill and motionless, and the soul, resenting its lot, flies groaningly to the shades.
From Studies in the Poetry of Italy, I. Roman by Frank Justus Miller
