drearily
In monotonous fashion
Drearily describes doing something in a dull, bleak, or dispiriting manner.
A speaker who drones on drearily bores the audience.
Rain falling drearily suggests monotonous gloom.
The word conveys weariness and lack of vitality: She stared drearily out the window at the gray sky.
Subdued, lasting sadness
- gloomilyIn a dejected manner
- somberlyIn a sad, serious manner
- desolatelyIn bleak isolation
- mournfullyIn a grieving way
dolefully · sadly · bleakly · forlornly · despondently · dispiritedly · cheerlessly · joylessly
In a wearisome way
- boringlyIn an uninteresting manner
- repetitivelyIn a recurring manner
- mechanicallyDone by machine action
- lifelesslyWithout signs of vitality
unvaryingly · dully · flatly · routinely · prosaically · mundanely · banally · monotonously
In exhausted manner
- tiredlyIn a fatigued manner
- listlesslyWithout energy or interest
- lethargicallyIn a drowsy, sluggish manner
- sluggishlyIn a slow, lazy manner
torpidly · languidly · heavily · drowsily · sleepily · spiritlessly
melancholy
Subdued, lasting sadness
- gloomilyIn a dejected manner
- somberlyIn a sad, serious manner
- desolatelyIn bleak isolation
mournfully · dolefully · sadly · bleakly · forlornly · despondently · dispiritedly · cheerlessly · joylessly · dismally
tediously
In a wearisome way
- boringlyIn an uninteresting manner
- repetitivelyIn a recurring manner
- mechanicallyDone by machine action
lifelessly · unvaryingly · dully · flatly · routinely · prosaically · mundanely · banally · monotonously · predictably
wearily
In exhausted manner
- tiredlyIn a fatigued manner
- listlesslyWithout energy or interest
- lethargicallyIn a drowsy, sluggish manner
sluggishly · torpidly · languidly · heavily · drowsily · sleepily · spiritlessly
overcast
Sky fully veiled
mistily · murkily · darkly · dankly · damply · shadowily · pallidly · wanly · colorlessly · greyly
drearilyinterestingly
In a noteworthy manner
fascinatingly · engagingly · captivatingly · compellingly · entertainingly
drearilybrightly
With much light
vibrantly · vividly · colorfully · brilliantly · energetically