sombrely


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Adv.1.sombrely - in a somber manner; "`That's sure bad news,' said Dowd, somberly"
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sombrely

somberly (US) [ˈsɒmbəlɪ] ADV
1. (= soberly) → sombríamente
2. (= pessimistically) → con pesimismo, en tono pesimista
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

sombrely

[ˈsɒmbərli] (British) somberly (US) adv
[say, stare] → d'un air sombre
sombrely dressed → à la tenue sombre
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sombrely

, (US) somberly
adv saytraurig, düster; watchfinster; dresstrist
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sombrely

somberly (Am) [ˈsɒmbəlɪ] adv (reply, gaze) → tristemente; (dressed) → di scuro; (painted) → con colori scuri
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References in classic literature ?
"No, it wouldn't do, it wouldn't do at all, sir, an' you a captain," the steward continued to reiterate, rolling his head sombrely. "Besides, I know where's a peach of an Angora in Sydney.
Nutty, meanwhile, had found another pebble and was kicking it sombrely. He was beginning to perceive something of the intricate and unfathomable workings of the feminine mind.
He looked at Philip and saw him staring at him sombrely.
And yet love of freedom glowed sombrely and steadily in his dim soul.
The day had begun sombrely in gray cloud and mist, but it had ended in a pomp of scarlet and gold.
"To Pendragon Park, sir," said the servant, rather sombrely, and began to close the door.
Her intention was arrested by the sight of that awful, sombrely glistening door, swinging back suddenly on the yawning darkness of the hall, out of which literally flew out, right out on the pavement, almost without touching the white steps, a little figure swathed in a holland pinafore up to the chin, its hair streaming back from its head, darting past a lamp-post, past the red pillar- box .
"Part of the journey is the end," posits one figure in Avengers: Endgame, sombrely reflecting on everything they have lost.
BRITISH Prime Minister Theresa May recently expressed her 'deep regret' for the Jallianwala Bagh carnage whose centenary India, Pakistan and Bangladesh sombrely observe today.
A nail bomb has been detonated in the street and police sombrely confirm that Nuri and Rocco were killed.
Over dinner, Martin sombrely reveals that he lost his father in a car accident so now it is just him and his mother (Alicia Silverstone).
Osborne sombrely warns Brexit would cost each household PS4,300 annually, with income tax hiked by 8p to a basic rate of 28 per cent.