lugubriously

• “I tell you, "lugubriously," the pickin's is gittin 'slim on this range! ”

  The Man from the Bitter Roots

• “Her jowly oppugner, lugubriously played by Roger Allam, makes this case for the defendant's guilt – he went on the internet.”

  The Guardian: TV review: The Jury

• “He shook his head lugubriously as he broke the news.”

  CHAPTER XL

• “For a good laugh also check out this lugubriously serious blog called Jane Austen Today that asks, "has Quirk Classics gone too far?”

  Archive 2009-09-01

• “But the contours of the nudes, farm workers and seated figures with immense hands and lugubriously elongated, masklike faces, as brutalized as Vincent van Gogh's "Potato Eaters," point ahead to mature configurations.”

  The Wall Street Journal: Irascible Still

• “Meggie must be punished by ‘the Gods’ as the narrative hints endlessly, and lugubriously.”

  Adventures for Girls « Tales from the Reading Room

• “His mirth was hoarse and ghastly, like a raven's croak, and the sick wolf joined him, howling lugubriously.”

  LOVE OF LIFE

• “You probably know Thompson best for the way he perfected the art of sitting around well-appointed offices, drawling lugubriously, in the "Law And Order" series.”

  The Huffington Post: WATCH: Newt Gingrich Endorsed By Fred Thompson -- The Video That Should Have Been

• “George III was a lugubriously unprogressive monarch roused by Fox's licentiousness; Pitt was the dreary juvenile hero of our new foreign secretary; neither would have expected to find the liberal and modern Adonis at their side.”

  The Guardian: The public wants a ceasefire, so let's give peace a chance

• “Our campfire sorted them out and a heron flapped lugubriously overhead before a heavy dew fell.”

  The Guardian: How to get back to nature when camping

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