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Definition of drearily in English:

drearily

Pronunciation /ˈdrirəlē/ /ˈdrɪrəli/

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adverb

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‘And there is a sense, too, in which this is a problem of style; because when one opens the contemporary novel, the first thing one notices is how drearily written it is.’
  • ‘Sure as night followed day, Sunday would trail drearily into Monday, as the utterly predictable process of the working week began again.’
  • ‘People walked drearily through the wet streets with dull Sunday faces, longing for all to be over.’
  • ‘‘I don't know and I have no opinion,’ he said drearily.’
  • ‘Everyone drearily began to descend the stairs.’