grimly
/ˈɡɹɪmli/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.57 in modern English
12
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Grim-looking, grim-natured.
Archaic
Example Sentences
- "To hear her rant, one would have supposed, who had not seen him, that her lank-haired, grimly partner, was the prettiest youth in the county of Dublin, and that all the comely lasses in Chapelizod and the country round were sighing and setting caps at him […]"
- "In reality it was the most terrifying sight I had seen to date: two fried eggs decorated with ketchup, Tabasco and chopped chillis in the semblance of a pair of bloodshot eyes – I would as soon have eaten my own leg. I waved the grimly thing away."
- "He looked round and shouted grimly, "As soon as the gate is opened, you go out there - running.""
- "I looked out my window / The cloud was grimly forming / Waiting for the rain I saw / The one dark cloud forming"
Etymology
From Middle English grymly, grimlich, from Old English grimliċ, corresponding to grim + -ly. Compare grimlike.