sombrely

1. 1.

   in a somber manner

   “`That's sure bad news,' said Dowd, somberly”

   Synonymssomberly

Questions about sombrely

What does sombrely mean?

sombrely means "in a somber manner".

How many syllables are in sombrely?

sombrely has 3 syllables: som-bre-ly. The stress falls on "som".

What is another word for sombrely?

Close synonyms include somberly. 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 sombrely a common word?

sombrely 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.