lugubriously

comparative more lugubriously · superlative most lugubriously

1. In a lugubrious manner.

   He glared malevolently at the shining porcelain, and then shook his head lugubriously.

   1946, George Johnston, Skyscrapers in the Mist, page 26

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   "I've heard," he said lugubriously, "that what prisoners in gaol crave for most is tobacco." "You needn't rub it in," said Bunson, bringing this remark to its proper bearings.

   1913, Norman Lindsay, A Curate in Bohemia, Sydney: N.S.W. Bookstall Co., published 1932, page 143