adverb
- in a mournful, dismal, or excessively sad manner
Usage: formal
Examples
- The old man spoke lugubriously about his lost youth.
- She stared lugubriously out the window at the rain.
- The funeral director nodded lugubriously as he explained the arrangements.
- The dog looked lugubriously at its empty food bowl.
- He lugubriously recounted the team’s devastating loss.
- The actor delivered his lines lugubriously, emphasizing the tragedy.
- She lugubriously packed away her childhood belongings.