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morosely

adverb as in sadly

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Afterwards, back in the locker room, Gregg Allman morosely doles himself out another dollop of coke.

He poked the fire morosely, smoked without enjoying it, and at last cast about for something to read.

Sunday, Tom spent morosely at his club, and was so disagreeable that his friends were very willing to give him a wide berth.

Barney closed the closet door morosely, stood regarding the two crowded bookcases next to it.

He went to the old-fashioned gas-fixture, turned out the light, and muttered his way morosely into bed.

I demanded, resenting the fact that he could stand as silent as a December beehive before my morosely questioning eyes.

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On this page you'll find 11 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to morosely, such as: wistfully, cheerlessly, dejectedly, dismally, dolefully, and gloomily.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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