Crossword clues for grimly
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Grimly \Grim"ly\, a. Grim; hideous; stern. [R.]
In glided Margaret's grimly ghost,
And stood at William's feet.
--D. Mallet.
Grimly \Grim"ly\, adv.
In a grim manner; fiercely.
--Shak.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Wiktionary
Etymology 1 a. (context rare English) grim-looking, grim-natured. Etymology 2
adv. In a grim manner.
WordNet
adv. in a grim implacable manner; "he was grimly satisfied"
Usage examples of "grimly".
Chance grimly holding on as he sprawled half astraddle the outlaw when a lone rider dismounted and a pair of boots appeared within their line of vision.
Kane reflected grimly that it was a fortunate thing that, in Bahrein, gunfire in the night was not so unique as to arouse comment.
At an emergency session of the League Parliament, Iblis Ginjo grimly projected appalling new images from the colony world of Balut, which-- like Chusuk and Rhisso several years before--had recently been burned and leveled by combat robots.
She looked back to her only connection with Aaron Belton and nodded grimly.
When she had informed him on their arrival that Lord Brompton was living in the neighborhood, and that she meant to invite him to dinner very soon, the shrewd old man smiled grimly, and acquiesced in her plan.
Confronted with his real-life son and daughter, Burgo Smyth looked not so much fatherly as grimly angry.
Laurence grimly reloaded his pistols, thrusting them into his belt, then lengthened his carabiner straps and stood.
Errtu had been grimly satisfied when Kessell had come back into the Cryshal-Tirith and confirmed, through the use of scrying mirrors, that the other two towers had fallen to pieces.
The ward sister informed Dunworthy grimly that she was going off-duty, and a much smaller and more cheerful blonde nurse, wearing the insignia of a student, came in to check the drips and look at the displays.
The man fell away and the engine bellowed, the car bounded forward with a jerk that threw most of the Gallas from the hull, and Jake was himself thrown half clear, snatching at one of the welded brackets as he went over and saving himself from falling into the swarming pack of Gallas but the pistol dropped out of his hand as he clung grimly to his precarious hold.
Henry Glassman grimly held on to the control board of the pitching PT boat.
On either side of Tiffany the Nac Mac Feegles ran in a spread- out ragged line, staring grimly ahead.
Edgar sipped his drink and grimly contemplated the entire planarian idea.
Sgt Wilson held her front legs grimly while Sgt Henderson tried to KDl elevate her stern.
Women adorned their bodies in silks and satins so that they would be pleasing to the male of the species, she reminded herself grimly.