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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Dismally \Dis"mal*ly\, adverb In a dismal manner; gloomily; sorrowfully; uncomfortably.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
dismally
adverb
1: 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" [syn: {drearily}]
2: 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" [syn: {dreadfully}]
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