Definitions
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- adv. in a glum manner
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
- adv. In a glum manner; sullenly; moodily.
from The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- In a glum or sullen manner; with moroseness.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adv. in a sullen manner
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Examples
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This is not the "staring glumly at the screen" problem.
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In early 2005, when a group of former aides asked if there was anything he was unhappy about, Yeltsin replied glumly: “Yes, the state of the country.”
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He stared glumly at the intersection as his friends placed him on the back of a police truck.
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“What can I say, I fight everyone,” I said glumly.
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So the youngest member glumly goes off alone to play a videogame.
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Eventually, Davey Johnson, the Mets manager, stopped pitching Sisk at Shea, an embarrassing decision that the ballplayer glumly accepted.
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Whitman for Governor began with great promise, but it ended with a GOP official glumly declaring, "The Republican brand in this state is death."
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Sal Perez glumly clutched a book on robotics in his lap.
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Some of the rest of us glumly concede their superiority and try to sell our dubious wares in the street, like gypsies.
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Who would sit glumly in his seat and not cheer for science fairs?
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