What is "sombrely"

Usage examples of "sombrely".

Sitting in the kitchen over breakfast on this dreary morning that carried a threat of rain, Bernie sombrely reminded Laura that it would be months before Roosevelt would take office.

Mossop must be thirty-odd now and looked more, soberly bespectacled and sombrely dressed, grinning nervously as if uncertain what pose to strike for the camera.

Sometimes he stared sombrely at a ghostly palmetto, tall and dark against the sky.

Sombrely he watched the figures flashing in the surf, the lithe runners, and the knots of women engaged in discussion, jumping down from his perch once when a large wave strangled a wader, immediately resuming it when the injury proved slight.

Gaise had said little during the ride, and once they were back in the ruined country house, the fire relit, he had sat staring sombrely into the flames.