grimly.とは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源 1

From Middle English grymly, grimlich, from 古期英語 grimmliċ, corresponding to grim +‎ -ly. Compare grimlike.

形容詞

grimly (comparative grimlier, superlative grimliest)

1. (now まれに) Grim-looking, grim-natured.
   • 1863, Sheridan Le Fanu, The House by the Churchyard:

     To hear her rant, one would have supposed, who had not seen him, that her lank-haired, grimly partner, was the prettiest youth in the county of Dublin, and that all the comely lasses in Chapelizod and the country round were sighing and setting caps at him […]

   • 1973, Kyril Bonfiglioli, Don't Point That Thing at Me, Penguin (2001), page 94:

     In reality it was the most terrifying sight I had seen to date: two fried eggs decorated with ketchup, Tabasco and chopped chillis in the semblance of a pair of bloodshot eyes – I would as soon have eaten my own leg. I waved the grimly thing away.

派生語

• grimliness

語源 2

From Middle English grymly, grimliche, from 古期英語 grimlīċe, equivalent to grim +‎ -ly. Cognate with Icelandic grimmliga.

副詞

grimly (comparative more grimly, superlative most grimly)

1. In a grim manner.

   Synonym: grisly (廃れた用法)

   • 1966, James Workman, The Mad Emperor, Melbourne, Sydney: Scripts, page 63:

     He looked round and shouted grimly, "As soon as the gate is opened, you go out there - running."

   • 1968, Peter Vandergeler (lyrics), “Grimly Forming”, in Conspicuous Only in Its Absence, performed by The Great Society:

     I looked out my window / The cloud was grimly forming / Waiting for the rain I saw / The one dark cloud forming