Crossbones, scythes, hourglasses, and other lugubrious emblems of mortality. --Hawthorne. -- {Lu*gu"bri*ous*ly}, adv. -- {Lu*gu"bri*ous*ness}, n. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
lugubriously — lugubrious ► ADJECTIVE ▪ mournful; sad and dismal. DERIVATIVES lugubriously adverb lugubriousness noun. ORIGIN Latin lugubris, from lugere mourn … English terms dictionary
lugubriously — adverb in a sorrowful lugubrious manner his long face lugubriously reflecting a hidden and unexpressed compassion • Derived from adjective: ↑lugubrious … Useful english dictionary
lugubriously — adverb see lugubrious … New Collegiate Dictionary
lugubriously — See lugubrious. * * * … Universalium
lugubriously — adverb In a lugubrious manner … Wiktionary
lugubriously — adv. sadly, sorrowfully … English contemporary dictionary
lugubriously — lu·gu·bri·ous·ly … English syllables
lugubriously — See: lugubrious … English dictionary
lugubrious — lugubriously, adv. lugubriousness, lugubriosity /leuh gooh bree os i tee, gyooh /, n. /loo gooh bree euhs, gyooh /, adj. mournful, dismal, or gloomy, esp. in an affected, exaggerated, or unrelieved manner: lugubrious songs of lost love. [1595… … Universalium
lugubrious — [[t]luːgu͟ːbriəs[/t]] ADJ GRADED If you say that someone or something is lugubrious, you mean that they are sad rather than lively or cheerful. [LITERARY] ...a tall, thin man with a long and lugubrious face... He plays some passages so slowly… … English dictionary
