Meaning & use
glumly
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In a sad, gloomy, or dejected manner.
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He sat glumly in the corner after hearing the bad news.
She glumly picked at her food, still upset about the argument.
A note on using this word
Glumly is the adverb form of "glum," which likely developed from the older word "gloom."
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