drearily

1. 1.

   in a cheerless manner

   “in August 1914, there was a dismally sentimental little dinner, when the French, German, Austrian and Belgian members of the committee drank together to the peace of the future”

   Synonymsdismally

Questions about drearily

What does drearily mean?

drearily means "in a cheerless manner".

How many syllables are in drearily?

drearily has 4 syllables: dre-a-ri-ly. The stress falls on "a".

What is another word for drearily?

Close synonyms include dismally. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is drearily a common word?

drearily is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.