dismally
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Dismally the boy grew up in this narrow, cheerless home.
From Stories by American Authors, Volume 10 by Various
Dismally it looked for a day in July, but I had not the mending of it.
From Nooks and Corners of the New England Coast by Drake, Samuel Adams
Dismally searching in his pockets, he found himself reduced to half-a-crown; and, when he had paid the price of his distasteful couch, saw himself obliged to return to the Superfluous Mansion.
From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 5 (of 25) by Stevenson, Robert Louis
Wearily spins the web of life; Dismally London's streets I tread: I've got at home a consumptive wife, And two small children lying dead.
From Punch - Volume 25 (Jul-Dec 1853) by Various
Dismally creaked the door on its rusted hinges.
From Bruvver Jim's Baby by Mighels, Philip Verrill
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