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cheerlessly
adverb
uk /ˈtʃɪə.ləs.li/ us /ˈtʃɪr.ləs.li/
in a way that is not bright or pleasant, and makes you feel sad:
It was a world of freezing rain, cheerlessly cramped interiors, and lives of quiet desperation.
The day began cold and grey, and it was drizzling cheerlessly.
in a way that is, or seems to be, unhappy and negative:
He was drinking cheerlessly from a bottle of water.
Cheerlessly, he returned to his car and started the engine.
He entertained them at his home rather meanly and cheerlessly.
At the end of the performance, the audience clapped cheerlessly before shuffling towards the exits.
We were cheerlessly ushered to the front counter, where I paid the rather large bill.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
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affecting
agonizingly
arrogance
baleful
be cold comfortidiom
distressful
distressfully
distressing
distressingly
dolorous
hurtful
hurtfully
impiously
impiousness
lacerating
teary
touching
touchingly
tragically
traumatic
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Feeling sad and unhappy
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cheerless Oppositecheerfully
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