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- adjective
superlative form ofgrimly : mostgrimly .
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Examples
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It is there, where haply his visit will be commemorated with a hatchment; it is then, when the muffled thunder of the Dead March in 'Saul' will soon be rolling in cathedrals; it is then, it is there, that the pride of his unquestioned power comes grimliest home to him.
Zuleika Dobson, or, an Oxford love story Max Beerbohm 1914
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It is there, where haply his visit will be commemorated with a hatchment; it is then, when the muffled thunder of the Dead March in 'Saul' will soon be rolling in cathedrals; it is then, it is there, that the pride of his unquestioned power comes grimliest home to him.
Zuleika Dobson 1911
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