grimly

• POS: Adverb
• HYPHEN: grim=ly

CIDE DICTIONARY

grimly, a. 

 Grim; hideous; stern.  [1913 Webster]
"In glided Margaret's grimly ghost,
And stood at William's feet."  [1913 Webster]

grimly, adv. 

 In a grim manner; fiercely.  Shak.  [1913 Webster]

THESAURUS

grimly

adamantly, appallingly, austerely, banefully, bleakly, decorously, demurely, direly, dismally, dourly, dreadfully, drearily, earnestly, firmly, formally, frowningly, funereally, gloomily, gloweringly, glumly, gravely, grumly, harshly, heavily, hideously, horribly, horridly, immovably, immutably, implacably, inclemently, inexorably, inflexibly, intransigently, irreconcilably, loweringly, moodily, mopingly, morosely, mumpishly, obdurately, relentlessly, rigidly, rigorously, roughly, ruggedly, sadly, scowlingly, sedately, seriously, severely, shockingly, sober-mindedly, soberly, sobersidedly, solemnly, somberly, sombrously, staidly, sternly, stiffly, strictly, stringently, sulkily, sullenly, surlily, terribly, thoughtfully, toughly, tragically, unalterably, unbendingly, unchangeably, uncompromisingly, unregenerately, unrelentingly, unsparingly, unyieldingly