Adverbial drearily has 1 sense

1. dismally, drearily - in a cheerless manner; "in August 1914 , there was a dismally sentimental little dinner, when the French, German, Austrian and Belgian members of the committee drank together to the peace of the future"
   Derived from adjective dreary₁
   

Term: drearily

Part of speech: adverb

Sense 1: In a dull and lacking interest manner

Example sentence: The rain continued to fall drearily outside, making it a gloomy day.

Sense 2: In a monotonous and depressing manner

Example sentence: The old man stared out the window drearily, lost in his thoughts of the past.

Sense 3: In a tiresome and tedious manner

Example sentence: She worked drearily through the piles of paperwork, longing for the weekend to come.

Sense 4 (Local usage): In a gloomy and melancholic manner

Example sentence: The abandoned house stood drearily amidst the overgrown bushes, a haunting sight for the neighboring kids.

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