| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Adjective | 1. Very dreary.[Websters]
2. Being cheerless, saturnine, dismal, sullen or gaunt. [Eve - graph theoretic] 3. Rarely used base adjective of the adverb drearisomely.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Adverb Form (drearisomely) | 1. Virtually never used adverbial inflection of the rarely used adjective drearisome.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), compiled from various sources, under license. | Top | |
Date "DREARISOME" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1862. (references) |
