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grimly

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grim  (grm)
adj. grim·mer, grim·mest
1. Unrelenting; rigid.
2. Uninviting or unnerving in aspect; forbidding: "undoubtedly the grimmest part of him was his iron claw" (J.M. Barrie).
3. Ghastly; sinister: "He made a grim jest at the horrifying nature of his wound" (Reginald Pound). See Synonyms at ghastly.
4. Dismal; gloomy: a grim, rainy day.
5. Ferocious; savage: the grim advance of the pillaging army.
[Middle English, from Old English, fierce, severe.]
grimly adv.
grimness n.
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Adv.1.grimly - in a grim implacable manner; "he was grimly satisfied"
Translations
grimly [ˈgrɪmlɪ] adv [say] → sombríamente


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The lion's head looked down with a grimly good-natured aspect as the children clustered around the old gentleman's knees.
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And there is a race there that plays it grimly with men and naked swords.
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That he had no fear of or desire to avoid responsibility for his acts he grimly evidenced by marking with a dagger's point upon the foreheads of those who fell before his own sword the initials NT.
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