lugubriously

1. 1.

   in a sorrowful lugubrious manner

   “his long face lugubriously reflecting a hidden and unexpressed compassion”

Questions about lugubriously

What does lugubriously mean?

lugubriously means "in a sorrowful lugubrious manner".

How many syllables are in lugubriously?

lugubriously has 5 syllables and divides as lu-gu-bri-ou-sly under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

Is lugubriously a common word?

lugubriously 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.