glumly

1. 1.

   in a sullen manner

   “he sat in his chair dourly”

   Synonymsdourlysullenly

Questions about glumly

What does glumly mean?

glumly means "in a sullen manner".

How many syllables are in glumly?

glumly has 2 syllables: glum-ly. The stress falls on "glum". In IPA it is /ˈɡlʌmli/.

What is another word for glumly?

Close synonyms include dourly, sullenly. 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 glumly a common word?

glumly 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.