He cheerlessly set out to do the task. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
Adjective : drab, cheerless surroundings. From Dictionary.com.
"Things always happen in threes," he said cheerlessly. From Wordnik.com. [The First Man in Rome]
O Bharata, cheerlessly stood on the earth, drawing his bow. From Wordnik.com. [The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 2 Books 4, 5, 6 and 7] Reference
Mounting then upon another car, and cheerlessly stretching his bow. From Wordnik.com. [The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 2 Books 4, 5, 6 and 7] Reference
The night of the 27th had closed cheerlessly on the devoted Americans. From Wordnik.com. [The Campaign of 1776 around New York and Brooklyn] Reference
At this, the ruler of the Madras came down from his car and cheerlessly gazed at Bhima. From Wordnik.com. [The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 3 Books 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12] Reference
The wind was rising and small snowflakes were drifting cheerlessly about in the raw wintry air. From Wordnik.com. [The Doctor's Daughter] Reference
In Mariam's lap, she sucked her thumb cheerlessly and watched Rasheed in a sullen, pensive way. From Wordnik.com. [A Thousand Splendid Suns]
"It's late, and neither you nor I are going to meet Hutton to-night," I said rather cheerlessly. From Wordnik.com. [The La Chance Mine Mystery] Reference
Then addressed by thy son, O sire, Aswatthaman, sighing cheerlessly, replied unto the king in these words, 'That weapon. From Wordnik.com. [The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 2 Books 4, 5, 6 and 7] Reference
Soon again, the gigantic Rakshasa, with a hundred wounds on his body seemed to lie cheerlessly, as if dead, on the field. From Wordnik.com. [The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 2 Books 4, 5, 6 and 7] Reference
Knowing death to be inevitable, they that have encountered it cheerlessly have attained the companionship of the gandharvas. From Wordnik.com. [The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 3 Books 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12] Reference
Arjuna then cheerlessly addressed Kesava, saying, 'O sinless one, without battling thyself, thou art to only guide my steed!. From Wordnik.com. [The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 2 Books 4, 5, 6 and 7] Reference
She went about her work quite as cheerlessly as usual. From Wordnik.com. [The Big Bow Mystery] Reference
Nodding cheerlessly, the child disappeared in her room. From Wordnik.com. [Heidi (Gift Edition)] Reference
"I suppose everyone grows up," Norma assented, cheerlessly. From Wordnik.com. [The Beloved Woman] Reference
'No, I'm afraid you couldn't,' Tarrant muttered cheerlessly. From Wordnik.com. [In the Year of Jubilee] Reference
Below, the field of battle stretched far out, cheerlessly grey. From Wordnik.com. [Menschen im Krieg. English] Reference
I worked cheerlessly at this second box, as I worked without hope. From Wordnik.com. [The Boy Tar] Reference
The wild flowers were gone, and the bents bowed themselves cheerlessly. From Wordnik.com. [The Romance of the Coast] Reference
Tyro resumed his purposeless promenade, meditating cheerlessly upon buried hopes. From Wordnik.com. [Little Miss Grouch A Narrative Based on the Log of Alexander Forsyth Smith's Maiden Transatlantic Voyage] Reference
The Sieur d'Arnaye laughed, somewhat cheerlessly, as he lifted her hand to his lips. From Wordnik.com. [The Line of Love Dizain des Mariages] Reference
"Well, we've made rather a mess of things, so far," Ken observed, somewhat cheerlessly. From Wordnik.com. [The Happy Venture] Reference
'I should not be much advanced if I had depended upon sleep,' Wilfrid replied cheerlessly. From Wordnik.com. [A Life's Morning] Reference
He flung one arm toward the vast night, beyond the panes where the mist and storm were beating cheerlessly. From Wordnik.com. [Darkness and Dawn] Reference
We were passing within a hundred yards of the lighthouse, set cheerlessly on the bald and sandy tip of the point. From Wordnik.com. [The Celebrity, Complete] Reference
"I'd better make some money for somebody pretty soon or I'll be out of business," he said, but not too cheerlessly. From Wordnik.com. Reference
The wind kept blowing cheerlessly by fits, and the world seemed growing tired of the same thing over again so often. From Wordnik.com. [Sir Gibbie] Reference
Steele thought of his mother, who looked at things through a magnifying lorgnette, and laughed a little cheerlessly. From Wordnik.com. [Philip Steele of the Royal Northwest mounted Police] Reference
On the lines which he had fancied the moorings of an ark a few lanterns swung in the night breeze, flickering cheerlessly. From Wordnik.com. [A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man] Reference
"Yes, lady, if you will it," I replied somewhat cheerlessly, for I felt as if my best friend was about to be taken from me. From Wordnik.com. [The War Trail The Hunt of the Wild Horse] Reference
The loneliness of his situation, the night, the uncertainty cloaking the object of his coming, all affected him cheerlessly. From Wordnik.com. [Ben-Hur, a tale of the Christ] Reference
That vast icicle, glittering so cheerlessly in the sunshine, must be the spire of the meeting-house, incrusted with frozen sleet. From Wordnik.com. [Main Street (From: "The Snow Image and Other Twice-Told Tales")] Reference
Malta guides cheerlessly coalesces …. From Wordnik.com. [Think Progress » Powell: ‘Staying the Course Isn’t Good Enough Because a Course Has to Have an End’] Reference
'So do we all,' Rory observed cheerlessly. From Wordnik.com. [Shaman's Crossing]
"You, too," one of the techs said cheerlessly. From Wordnik.com. [Money, Money, Money]
But he worked cheerlessly. From Wordnik.com. [Way of the Lawless] Reference
'No good,' he said cheerlessly. From Wordnik.com. [Demos] Reference
Kirby smiled again, but cheerlessly. From Wordnik.com. [The Winds of Chance] Reference
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