MELANCHOLILY
Etymology
Adverb
melancholily (comparative more melancholily, superlative most melancholily)
In a melancholy manner.
Anagrams
• hemiclonally
Source: Wiktionary
Mel"an*chol`i*ly, adv.
Definition: In a melancholy manner.
MELANCHOLY
Mel"an*chol*y, n. Etym: [OE. melancolie, F. mélancolie, L.
melancholia, fr. Gr. Malice, and 1st Gall.]
1. Depression of spirits; a gloomy state continuing a considerable
time; deep dejection; gloominess. Shak.
2. Great and continued depression of spirits, amounting to mental
unsoundness; melancholia.
3. Pensive maditation; serious thoughtfulness. [Obs.] "Hail, divinest
Melancholy !" Milton.
4. Ill nature. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Mel"an*chol*y, a.
1. Depressed in spirits; dejected; gloomy dismal. Shak.
2. Producing great evil and grief; causing dejection; calamitous;
afflictive; as, a melancholy event.
3. Somewhat deranged in mind; having the jugment impaired. [Obs.] Bp.
Reynolds.
4. Favorable to meditation; somber.
A pretty, melancholy seat, well wooded and watered. Evelin.
Syn.
– Gloomy; sad; dispirited; low-spirited; downhearted; unhappy;
hypochondriac; disconsolate; heavy, doleful; dismal; calamitous;
afflictive.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition