LOW-SPIRITEDLY Synonyms: 90 Similar and Opposite Words

low-spiritedly

adverb

as in downheartedly

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The Manchester City star sat dejectedly on the bench after he was subbed out for Jorgen Strand Larsen in the second half of extra time.

— ABC News, ABC News, 11 July 2026
Camp Bravo could only watch dejectedly, finally on the beach to witness defeat up close.

— Bryan Alexander, USA Today, 17 June 2026

Definition of dejectedly

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Gray has always displayed a probing visual style, boldly confrontational yet painfully tender.

— Richard Brody, New Yorker, 6 Nov. 2026
Reich played Boss Gibbons, the painfully Gen-Z co-worker of Megan Stalter’s expat Jessica, in his first-ever screen acting role.

— Ellise Shafer, Variety, 6 Nov. 2026

Definition of painfully

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Without these vital exchanges informing his state of mind, his volatility seems arbitrary (though sadly, neither version manages to make his comedic quips really land).

— Siddhant Adlakha, IndieWire, 5 Nov. 2026
Comms executive Shari Rosenblum is departing 20th Television and 20th Television Animation after nearly three decades, Variety has sadly learned.

— Joe Otterson, Variety, 5 Nov. 2026

Definition of sadly

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Landowners and business owners in the Big Bend region, environmentalists and others who’ve opposed the construction project were bitterly disappointed with the court’s decision.

— Rebecca Santana, Chicago Tribune, 9 Nov. 2026
By the time September winds down, Hester is on a timetable all her own, out of synch with her family, detached from its cares, paradoxically and bitterly free.

— Richard Brody, New Yorker, 6 Nov. 2026

Definition of bitterly

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For other families quietly and often despairingly living with similar problems of addiction and mental illness involving their children, the tragedy is an unnerving, looming specter — a worst-case scenario made real.

— Gary Baum, HollywoodReporter, 14 Sep. 2026
Parents of children made sickest must wait it out in the hospital, despairingly wondering whether their child will die.

— Noel T. Brewer, STAT, 6 Aug. 2026

Definition of despairingly

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This assessment process, which Amtrak and the FRA only agreed to under intense pressure, is woefully insufficient.

— Asal Rezaei, CBS News, 7 Nov. 2026
Most of why Illinois’ tax burden is so onerous is due to woefully underfunded pensions and the need to pump more cash into those retirement plans each year to ensure the state and localities meet their obligations to retirees.

— The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 7 Nov. 2026

Definition of woefully

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