funereally

In mourning fashion

In a manner resembling or befitting a funeral—slow, solemn, dark, or mournful.

The word almost always appears figuratively rather than in reference to actual funerals: The procession moved funereally through the streets.

She was dressed funereally in black from head to toe.

mournful

grief

Intense sorrow from loss

threnody · requiem · plaintive · dolorous · lachrymose · sorrowful · inconsolable · weeping · keening · wailing

solemn

somber

Gravely serious in mood

subdued · reverent · sedate · stately · serious · measured · ponderous · deliberate · austere · formal

ceremonial

procession

Formal moving line

wake · eulogy · interment · burial · casket · coffin · shroud · pall · vigil · rites

sepulchral

tomb

Underground chamber for remains

graveyard · necropolis · sepulcher · vault · ossuary · catacomb · churchyard · burial ground · memorial park · columbarium

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mood/atmosphere

funereallycheerfully

In a glad manner

joyfully · merrily · festively · happily · gleefully

energy/tempo

funereallyvivaciously

With high-spirited energy

energetically · animatedly · lively · spiritedly · boisterously

social occasion type

funereallyfestively

In celebratory fashion

jubilantly · triumphantly · riotously

Family

funereal

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