Maana ya kamusi ya neno "glumly" ni kufanya jambo kwa huzuni, hali ya kusikitisha au isiyo na furaha. Inaweza pia kumaanisha kufanya jambo bila shauku au uchangamfu, au kuonekana kuwa na huzuni au huzuni.
1. Concerned for my safety in the midst of this large milling crowd, he thought glumly.
2. Glumly, he picked up his drink and downed half of it.
3. Maybe that had something to do with it, he thought glumly as he wriggled his toes in his damp socks he had never felt particularly in touch with the tree-hugging side of his nature.
4. Mark watched glumly as the headline banner rolled past slowly at the bottom of the screen.
5. Twenty people could easily hike their way up them, shoulder to shoulder, Rowan thought glumly.
6. Riordan nodded glumly and walked over to Aiden, where he began examining his wounds.