LUGUBRIOUSLY Synonyms: 90 Similar and Opposite Words

lugubriously

adverb

as in bitterly

with feelings of bitterness or grief 18th-century gravestones typically have inscriptions in which the brevity of life and the certainty of death are lugubriously noted

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Homer Hill, as the name suggests, is also at no little altitude, and bitterly exposed to the elements when winter arrives.

— Daniel Taylor, New York Times, 5 Sep. 2026
Although the Supreme Court’s power to overrule Congress is now broadly accepted, it was bitterly contested for more than a century.

— Daniel Immerwahr, New Yorker, 31 Aug. 2026

Definition of bitterly

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In this case, a small organization was able to generate more engagement than the YouTube channels for major media organizations like The Washington Post, The New Yorker, The Boston Globe, and, sadly, Semafor.

— Max Tani, semafor.com, 2 Sep. 2026
Dickie Birdsall sadly passed away last year, and his family has now decided to let the car go.

— Howard Walker, Robb Report, 31 Aug. 2026

Definition of sadly

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Mayfield watched mournfully in his kitchen while the rest of the family sat in the living room with the big screen next to a Christmas tree.

— John Romano, The Orlando Sentinel, 19 July 2026
So is the moment early in the film when Mary mournfully looks on as her long-ago home faces demolition to make room for a big, featureless residential complex.

— Peter Tonguette, The Washington Examiner, 6 June 2026

Definition of mournfully

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Broadly speaking, great works of Russian literature have a tendency to combine painfully austere themes with strangely rich imaginations.

— Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 5 Sep. 2026
For Holocaust survivors and their descendants, as well as for the Jewish immigrants and their children, Yiddish became a source of nostalgia – the link to a world that vanished painfully in a short period of time.

— Ilan Stavans, The Conversation, 31 Aug. 2026

Definition of painfully

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