drearilyadv.
/ˈdrɪərɪli/ In a dreary manner: see the adjective.
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the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > dirtiness > dirt > soiled condition > [adverb] > stained or smeared with blood
drearilyc1000
the mind > emotion > suffering > cause of mental pain or suffering > [adverb]
soreOE
sorrily?c1225
drearilya1400
sweamfullyc1420
painfullyc1440
sorelyc1450
badly1580
afflictively1629
afflictingly1657
plangently1900
the world > action or operation > manner of action > violent action or operation > severity > [adverb]
heavilyc897
sharplyc900
hardeOE
sharpc1000
sorec1000
hardlyOE
etelichec1175
sorelyc1275
straita1300
sourc1300
grievously1303
drearilya1400
foullya1400
felly?c1400
snapelyc1420
durely1477
penallya1500
shrewlya1529
shrewdlyc1533
asperously1547
heinouslya1555
sensibly1613
instantly1638
shrowardly1664
severelya1682
atrociously1765
punishingly1839
the mind > emotion > suffering > dejection > [adverb] > in a gloomy or depressing manner
louringly1576
drearily1579
dernly1590
darkly1597
gloomingly1598
dolesomelya1626
discouraginglya1651
mopishly1651
dismally1653
depressivelya1670
surlily1711
dishearteningly1742
funereally1774
cheerlessly1789
unjoyously1812
ghastily1829
ghastlily1829
desolately1831
unjoyfully1831
depressingly1847
lugubriously1848
dispiritingly1882
uncheerfully1890
drearly1891
greyly1898
the mind > emotion > suffering > feeling of weariness or tedium > [adverb] > in wearisome or tedious manner
irksomely1549
tediously1557
leaden-like1574
drearily1579
dully1600
Welshly1629
unlively1641
woodenly1653
stupidly1723
uninterestingly1793
soporifically1807
sloomy1820
wearyingly1829
boringly1840
tiresomely1847
aridly1883
drably1891
stuffily1894
stodgily1904
yawnsomely1908
yawnfully1914
c1000 Ælfric Lives Saints (E.E.T.S.) II. 280 Dreoriglice wepende.
a1225 Leg. Kath. 1898 Þu most..ȝef þu nult nawt, dreoriliche deien.
a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 22188 Siþen drerili to dei.
a1400 Relig. Pieces fr. Thornton MS. (1867) 31 We..becomes thralles dreryly to þe deuelle.
1579 E. Spenser Shepheardes Cal. Feb. 45 Breme Winter..Drerily shooting his stormie darte.
1836 W. Irving Astoria II. 207 The month of December set in drearily.
1856 E. K. Kane Arctic Explor. I. ix. 99 A flower-growth..drearily Arctic in its type.
1885 Manch. Examiner 22 Feb. 5/6 One Irish member succeeded another, and went drearily over the same ground.
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