dismally
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dis·mal
(dĭz′məl)adj.
1. Causing gloom or depression; dreary: dismal weather; took a dismal view of the economy.
2. Characterized by ineptitude, dullness, or a lack of merit: a dismal book; a dismal performance on the cello.
3. Obsolete Dreadful; disastrous.
n.
Chiefly South Atlantic US See pocosin.
[Middle English, unlucky days, unlucky, from Anglo-Norman, unlucky days, from Medieval Latin diēs malī : Latin diēs, pl. of diēs, day; see dyeu- in Indo-European roots + Latin malī, pl. of malus, evil; see mel- in Indo-European roots.]
dis′mal·ly adv.
dis′mal·ness n.
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Adv. | 1. | dismally - in a cheerless manner; "in August 1914 , there was a dismally sentimental little dinner, when the French, German, Austrian and Belgian members of the committee drank together to the peace of the future" |
2. | dismally - in a dreadful manner; "as he looks at the mess he has left behind he must wonder how the Brits so often managed to succeed in the kind of situation where he has so dismally failed" |
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dismally
[ˈdɪzməlɪ] ADV2. (= poorly) to perform dismally [actor] → actuar pésimamente; [athlete] → tener una actuación pésima
to fail dismally → fracasar estrepitosamente
to fail dismally → fracasar estrepitosamente
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dismal
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