[ adv ]
in an unhappy manner
<adv.all>
he cheerlessly set out to do the task

Cheerless \Cheer"less\, a.
Without joy, gladness, or comfort. -- {Cheer"less*ly}, adv.
-- {Cheer"less*ness}, n.

My cheerful day is turned to cheerless night.
--Spenser.

Syn: Gloomy; sad; comfortless; dispiriting; disconsolate;
dejected; melancholy; forlorn.