Funereally

adv

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Definitions

Adverb
  1. 1
    In a funereal manner.

    "We crawled funereally up the 1 in 100 to Blisworth and reduced speed to not more than 5 m.p.h. round the curve, [...]."

Synonyms

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gravelygrimlyheavilysadlysolemnly

Example

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"The foreground of the scene had grown funereally dark, and near objects put on the hues and shapes of chimaeras."

Etymology

From funereal + -ly.

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