cloudily

Definition of cloudilynext

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for cloudily
Adverb
  • In theaters Friday after a strong reception at SXSW last month, the genre-scrambling, darkly comic neo-western casts him as Ulysses, a principled small-town sheriff who takes a temporary posting in a sleepy corner of Minnesota called Normal.
    Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 15 Apr. 2026
  • This will allow the inside to cook thoroughly without letting the outer crust get too darkly browned.
    Victoria Spencer, Martha Stewart, 14 Apr. 2026
Adverb
  • There’s a novella of a wine list, with by-the-glass options obscurely scrawled on a mirror above the bar.
    Charlie Hobbs, Condé Nast Traveler, 30 Jan. 2026
Adverb
  • Joseph and his supporters were clad in green and white and marched somberly to the election council’s headquarters.
    ABC News, ABC News, 12 Mar. 2026
  • As a light dusting of snow fell over Minneapolis Sunday morning, community members lit candles, laid fresh flowers and stood somberly around a makeshift vigil at the site of Pretti’s death.
    Michael Biesecker, Chicago Tribune, 25 Jan. 2026
Adverb
  • In Time Regained, the concluding volume of Marcel Proust’s In Search of Lost Time, an older version of the narrator gloomily decides to attend a gathering at the Guermantes’ mansion.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 18 Mar. 2026
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“Cloudily.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cloudily. Accessed 20 Apr. 2026.

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