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grimly
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Adverbial grimly has 1 sense
CIDE DICTIONARY
grimly, a.
Grim; hideous; stern. [1913 Webster]
"In glided Margaret's grimly ghost,
And stood at William's feet." [1913 Webster]
And stood at William's feet." [1913 Webster]
grimly, adv.
In a grim manner; fiercely. Shak. [1913 Webster]
THESAURUS
grimly
adamantly, appallingly, austerely, banefully, bleakly, decorously, demurely, direly, dismally, dourly, dreadfully, drearily, earnestly, firmly, formally, frowningly, funereally, gloomily, gloweringly, glumly, gravely, grumly, harshly, heavily, hideously, horribly, horridly, immovably, immutably, implacably, inclemently, inexorably, inflexibly, intransigently, irreconcilably, loweringly, moodily, mopingly, morosely, mumpishly, obdurately, relentlessly, rigidly, rigorously, roughly, ruggedly, sadly, scowlingly, sedately, seriously, severely, shockingly, sober-mindedly, soberly, sobersidedly, solemnly, somberly, sombrously, staidly, sternly, stiffly, strictly, stringently, sulkily, sullenly, surlily, terribly, thoughtfully, toughly, tragically, unalterably, unbendingly, unchangeably, uncompromisingly, unregenerately, unrelentingly, unsparingly, unyieldingly
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