<adv.all> 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
in a dreadful manner
<adv.all> 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
Dismally \Dis"mal*ly\, adv. In a dismal manner; gloomily; sorrowfully; uncomfortably.
The breeding program started dismally.
This will be a welcome step for many of the 9m people living in council homes. For while some local authorities have a good record of managing their estates, others have failed dismally.
Fox Broadcasting Co.'s dismally rated "Class of Beverly Hills" became "Beverly Hills 90210" (perhaps Fox thought including the zip code would make it easier for viewers to find).
Any gain at all, however, would be welcome for shareholders of the dismally performing gold funds.
Still, a similar plan to furnish Lapland with an Arctic Disneyland, where Santa greets visitors (instead of Mickey Mouse), flopped dismally in the 1960s.
My husband and I spent a week at the Black Sea a couple of years ago and we could not believe we had been to the same place so dismally described.