adverb
definition
In a dismal manner.
Examples of dismally in a Sentence
We failed dismally to make it on the DVD by not gushing suitably.
The disadvantage of the possession of too strait a conscience in politics was never more dismally illustrated.
There was a regretful accent in the creature's voice, and at the words all the other dragonettes sighed dismally.
It 's hardly anyone 's idea of enhancement, and Gomes calls it " dismally inferior ", and has a lovely simile.
Wagner's choice of subjects had from the outset shown an imagination far above that of any earlier librettist; yet he had begun with stories which could attract ordinary minds, as he dismally realized when the libretto of Der fliegende Hollander so pleased the Parisian wire-pullers that it was promptly set to music by one of their friends.
The perfect winter coat isn't just some bulky old thing that keeps you warm at the first sign of dismally cold weather.