drearily

adv

Etymology: From Middle English drerily, from Old English drēoriġlīċe; equivalent to dreary + -ly.

1. In a dreary manner.

   “The fear of losing Joe’s confidence, and of thenceforth sitting in the chimney corner at night staring drearily at my forever lost companion and friend, tied up my tongue.”

   “A bereft landscape of sad browns and sepias of winter lay all about us, the marshland drearily protracting itself towards the wide river.”