grimly

1. 1.

   in a grim implacable manner

   “he was grimly satisfied”

Questions about grimly

What does grimly mean?

grimly means "in a grim implacable manner".

How many syllables are in grimly?

grimly has 2 syllables: grim-ly. The stress falls on "grim". In IPA it is /ˈɡɹɪmli/.

Is grimly a common word?

grimly is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.