Both Uses of
dismal
in
Arrowsmith
- He sat in the Sims House office—singularly dismal it was, after midnight, and singularly smelly.†
Chpt 19 *
- The most dismal of the staff-members was Dr. Nicholas Yeo, the Yankee sandy-mustached head of the Department of Biology.†
Chpt 27
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)