Both Uses of
dismal
in
Dubliners
- It was the sixth of October, dismal and cold out of doors.†
Chpt 12 *
- Better pass boldly into that other world, in the full glory of some passion, than fade and wither dismally with age.†
Chpt 15
Definition:
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(dismal) of terrible quality or depressing; or dark and dreary (as when bad weather blocks the sun or when it is drizzly)