- cheerlessly
- adverb see cheerless
New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.
cheerlessly
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cheerlessly — cheerless ► ADJECTIVE ▪ gloomy; depressing. DERIVATIVES cheerlessly adverb cheerlessness noun … English terms dictionary
cheerlessly — adverb in an unhappy manner he cheerlessly set out to do the task • Ant: ↑cheerfully … Useful english dictionary
Cheerlessly — Cheerless Cheer less, a. Without joy, gladness, or comfort. {Cheer less*ly}, adv. {Cheer less*ness}, n. [1913 Webster] My cheerful day is turned to cheerless night. Spenser. Syn: Gloomy; sad; comfortless; dispiriting; disconsolate; dejected;… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
cheerlessly — See cheerless. * * * … Universalium
cheerlessly — adverb In a cheerless manner … Wiktionary
cheerlessly — adv. grumpily, angrily; dismally, gloomily … English contemporary dictionary
cheerlessly — cheer·less·ly … English syllables
cheerless — cheerlessly, adv. cheerlessness, n. /chear lis/, adj. without cheer; joyless; gloomy: drab, cheerless surroundings. [1570 80; CHEER + LESS] * * * … Universalium
cheerless — adjective Date: 1579 lacking qualities that cheer ; bleak, joyless < a cheerless room > Synonyms: see dismal • cheerlessly adverb • cheerlessness noun … New Collegiate Dictionary
Théodore de Banville — Théodore Faullain de Banville (March 14 1823 ndash;March 13 1891) was a French poet and writer.BiographyHe was born in Moulins in Allier, Auvergne, the son of a captain in the French navy. His boyhood, by his own account, was cheerlessly passed… … Wikipedia
