adverb 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` Found on https://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/20974
adverb 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` Found on https://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/20974