fu·ne·re·al
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| 1. | of or suitable for a funeral. |
| 2. | mournful; gloomy; dismal: a funereal aloofness that was quite chilling. |
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fu·ne·re·al·ly, adverb
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funereal
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adj.
[From Latin fūnereus, from fūnus, fūner-, funeral; see funeral.] fu·ne're·al·ly adv. |
| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition Copyright © 2006 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. |
| funereal | |
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| suited to or suggestive of a grave or burial; "funereal gloom"; "hollow sepulchral tones" |
| WordNet® 3.0, © 2006 by Princeton University. |
funereal [fjuˈniəriəl] adjective
mournful; suitable for a funeral
Example: to speak in funereal tones
Example: to speak in funereal tones
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| Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary, © 2000-2006 K Dictionaries Ltd. |
Funereal
Fu*ne"re*al\, a. [L. funereus, fr. fentus a funeral.] Suiting a funeral; pertaining to burial; solemn. Hence: Dark; dismal; mournful. --Jer. Taylor. What seem to us but sad funereal tapers May be heaven's distant lamps. --Longfellow. -- Fu*ne"re*al*ly, adv.| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc. |
funereal
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