Dismally

dis·mal  (dzml)

adj.

1. Causing gloom or depression; dreary: dismal weather; took a dismal view of the economy.

2. Characterized by ineptitude, dullness, or a lack of merit: a dismal book; a dismal performance on the cello.

3. Obsolete Dreadful; disastrous.

n.

Chiefly South Atlantic U.S. See pocosin. See Regional Note at pocosin.

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[Middle English, unlucky days, unlucky, from Anglo-Norman, unlucky days, from Medieval Latin dis mal : Latin dis, pl. of dis, day; see dyeu- in Indo-European roots + Latin mal, pl. of malus, evil; see mel-³ in Indo-European roots.]

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dismal·ly adv.

dismal·ness n.

Thesaurus

Adv.	1.	dismally - 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" drearily
	2.	dismally - 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" dreadfully