What does grimly mean?
Grimly means (now rare) Grim-looking, grim-natured..
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/ˈɡɹɪmli/ · adjective
(now rare) Grim-looking, grim-natured..
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
Use grimly when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Grimly means (now rare) Grim-looking, grim-natured..
Common synonyms include grisly.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
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 […]
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