1. in a manner resembling or suggesting a tomb or grave; gloomily and solemnly
Usage: literary

Examples

• The old church bell tolled sepulchrally in the fog.
• He spoke sepulchrally about the tragedy that had befallen the town.
• The ancient cathedral loomed sepulchrally against the stormy sky.
• Her voice echoed sepulchrally through the empty halls.
• The monument stood sepulchrally in the center of the cemetery.
• The narrator’s tone was sepulchrally serious throughout the ghost story.