Both Uses
dismal
in
A Farewell to Arms
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- It was daylight and the country was wet, low and dismal looking.†
Book 3 *dismal = depressing or gloomy
- It rained on all morning and turned the snow to slush and made the mountainside dismal.†
Book 5
Definitions:
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(1)
(dismal) of terrible quality or depressing; or dark and dreary (as when bad weather blocks the sun or when it is drizzly)
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)