Usually means: In a very serious manner.
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We found 20 dictionaries that define the word grimly:

General (18 matching dictionaries)
  1. grimly: Merriam-Webster
  2. grimly: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. grimly: Collins English Dictionary
  4. grimly: Vocabulary.com
  5. Grimly, grimly: Wordnik
  6. grimly: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  7. grimly: Wiktionary
  8. Grimly, grimly: Dictionary.com
  9. Grimly: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  10. grimly: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  11. grimly: Rhymezone
  12. Grimly: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  13. grimly: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  14. grimly: FreeDictionary.org
  15. grimly: Mnemonic Dictionary
  16. grimly: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. grimly: Legal dictionary

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. grimly: Idioms

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Definitions from Wiktionary (grimly)

▸ adjective:  (now rare) Grim-looking, grim-natured.
▸ adverb:  In a grim manner.

Similar:
grimlike, grimsome, grimmish, grimful, grisly, austere, greisly, grimaced, grislie, glumpy, more...

Opposite:
cheerfully

Types:
darkly, morbidly, gloomily, sadly, depressingly, more...

Phrases:
Gris Grimly, more grimly humorous, opposite of grimly, grimly said, more...

Colors:
    black,     charcoal,     slate gray,     dark brown,     midnight blue, more...



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Similar:
grimlike, grimsome, grimmish, grimful, grisly, austere, greisly, grimaced, grislie, glumpy, more...

Opposite:
cheerfully

Types:
darkly, morbidly, gloomily, sadly, depressingly, more...

Phrases:
Gris Grimly, more grimly humorous, opposite of grimly, grimly said, more...

Colors:
    black,     charcoal,     slate gray,     dark brown,     midnight blue, more...



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