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Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Grim; stern; dreadful.
  • In a grim manner; sternly; fiercely; sullenly; severely.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adverb In a grim manner; fiercely.
  • adjective rare Grim; hideous; stern.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • adverb In a grim manner.
  • adjective rare Grim-looking, grim-natured.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • adverb in a grim implacable manner

Etymologies

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grim +‎ -ly

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

Old English grimmliċ, corresponding to grim +‎ -ly.

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Examples

  • Tyrande cut in front of Broll, her expression grimly set.

    WORLD OF WARCRAFT STORMRAGE Richard A. Knaak 2010

  • Tyrande cut in front of Broll, her expression grimly set.

    WORLD OF WARCRAFT STORMRAGE Richard A. Knaak 2010

  • Tyrande cut in front of Broll, her expression grimly set.

    WORLD OF WARCRAFT STORMRAGE Richard A. Knaak 2010

  • Auden pulled himself up straighter, his expression grimly proud.

    Crashed ROBIN WASSERMAN 2009

  • Auden pulled himself up straighter, his expression grimly proud.

    Crashed ROBIN WASSERMAN 2009

  • The Captain grimly assessed the damage to his ship.

    Superhero Nation: how to write superhero novels and comic books » Michael Leza’s Review Forum 2009

  • But some even more special dishes had been prepared by certain grimly determined and homesick-for-my-mama young teachers, and who knows, possibly a young department head, or two.

    Day Of The Abanderamiento 2006

  • But some even more special dishes had been prepared by certain grimly determined and homesick-for-my-mama young teachers, and who knows, possibly a young department head, or two.

    Day Of The Abanderamiento 2006

  • His hands clenched at his sides, his expression grimly forbidding.

    Pregnant by the Millionaire Mortimer, Carole 2006

  • But drowning in her beautiful eyes would do him no damned good at all, he told himself firmly, before releasing her to move back behind the wheel and restart the engine, his expression grimly set as he began the last ten miles or so of their journey.

    Pregnant by the Millionaire Mortimer, Carole 2006

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