drearier

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"I suppose they must remain standing as they are now till the morning," thought Sofya Lvovna, and it seemed to her dark, cold, and dreary--drearier than a graveyard.

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  1. adjective Dismal; bleak.
  2. adjective Boring; dull: dreary tasks.

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  • "I suppose they must remain standing as they are now till the morning," thought Sofya Lvovna, and it seemed to her dark, cold, and dreary--drearier than a graveyard. —  The Darling and Other Stories
  • Life looked very dreary to Ethelyn that moment--drearier than it ever had before--but she was far too proud to betray her real feelings to her aunt, who, touched by the look of anguish on her niece's face, began to change her tactics, and say how glad she was to have her darling back under any circumstances, and so she presumed Richard would be. —  Ethelyn's Mistake
  • To make the outlook still drearier, the day opened with a snowstorm that threatened at church time to turn into a drizzling rain. —  Russell H. Conwell
  • It grew dreary and drearier--in her, that is: outside there was no change. —  A Double Story
  • I'll put you up meantime. —  The Fire In His Hands
 

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