Sombrely, Somberly

adv. [f. SOMBRE a. + -LY².] In a somber manner.

1848.  Tait’s Mag., 302/1. ‘I saw him do it,’ answered crick-neck, somberly.

1860.  Ld. Lytton, Lucile, II. vi. § 4. 11. The brass-fronted,… audible αυτος gone sombrely forth.

1868.  Geo. Eliot, Sp. Gipsy, 351. The boats Went sombrely upon the sombre waves. Ibid. (1876), Dan. Der., xxx. The place was sombrely in keeping with the black roads.