dismally

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

dismally
    adv 1: 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" [syn:
           {dismally}, {drearily}]
    2: in a dreadful manner; "as he looks at the mess he has left
       behind he must wonder how the Brits so often managed to
       succeed in the kind of situation where he has so dismally
       failed" [syn: {dismally}, {dreadfully}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Dismally \Dis"mal*ly\, adv.
   In a dismal manner; gloomily; sorrowfully; uncomfortably.
   [1913 Webster]