cheerlessly
In glum fashion
In a manner lacking cheer or warmth; gloomily or joylessly.
The adverb typically describes how someone acts or how something appears: She stared cheerlessly out the rain-streaked window.
It conveys not active sadness but an absence of brightness or hope.
Without feeling glad
- glumlyIn dejected manner
- despondentlyIn a hopeless manner
- dejectedlyIn a disheartened manner
- moroselyIn sullen spirits
sorrowfully · miserably · gloomily · dolefully · melancholically · dispiritedly · downheartedly · forlornly
Without interest or emotion
- listlesslyWithout energy or interest
- lifelesslyWithout signs of vitality
- spiritlesslyWithout energy or enthusiasm
- dullyWithout liveliness or sharpness
flatly · mechanically · monotonously · unenthusiastically · indifferently · passionlessly · coldly · emotionlessly
In hopeless manner
- starklyIn plain contrast
- grimlyIn a bleak manner
- somberlyIn a sad, serious manner
- austerelyWithout embellishment or excess
sparely · barrenly · dimly · grayly · colorlessly · sterilely · uninvitingly · inhospitably
joylessly
Without feeling glad
- glumlyIn dejected manner
- despondentlyIn a hopeless manner
- dejectedlyIn a disheartened manner
morosely · sorrowfully · miserably · gloomily · dolefully · melancholically · dispiritedly · downheartedly · forlornly · woefully
apathetically
Without interest or emotion
- listlesslyWithout energy or interest
- lifelesslyWithout signs of vitality
- spiritlesslyWithout energy or enthusiasm
dully · flatly · mechanically · monotonously · unenthusiastically · indifferently · passionlessly · coldly · emotionlessly · stolidly
bleakly
In hopeless manner
austerely · sparely · barrenly · dimly · grayly · colorlessly · sterilely · uninvitingly · inhospitably · forbiddingly