direly Antonyms
Strongest:
Strong:
- desolate
- darkening
- ill
- portentous
- lonely
- direful
- murky
- depressing
- dark
- depressive
- unfortunate
- ill-boding
- inauspicious
- grey
- foreboding
- minatory
- threatening
- somber
- black
- gray
- unfavorable
- baleful
Weak:
- tenebrific
- morbid
- morose
- elegiac
- drear
- chill
- sullen
- forlorn
- sepulchral
- cold
- tenebrous
- malignant
- doomy
- dismal
- funereal
- cloudy
- malign
- unpromising
- elegiacal
- cimmerian
- saturnine
- disconsolate
- plutonian
- dreary
- dim
- lonesome
- cheerless
- sombre
- miserable
- hopeless
- unpropitious
- unlucky
- dreich
- disheartening
- evil
- lugubrious
- wretched
- troubled
- godforsaken
- discouraging
- comfortless
- glum
- gloomy
Meaning of direly
Webster
direly (adv.)
In a dire manner.
direly Sentence Examples
- The patient direly needed a blood transfusion to survive.
- The company's direly needed new product launch was a huge success.
- The city's direly needed new hospital was finally completed.
- The team's direly needed victory gave them a boost of confidence.
- The student's direly needed scholarship allowed her to continue her education.
- The family's direly needed financial assistance came just in time.
- The organization's direly needed donation drive was a resounding success.
- The country's direly needed peace treaty brought an end to the long-running conflict.
- The direly needed rain finally came, bringing relief to the drought-stricken region.
- The project's direly needed funding was secured, allowing it to move forward.
FAQs About the word direly
In a dire manner.
ominous, sinister, bleak, menacing, desolate, darkening, ill, portentous, lonely, direful
favorable, promising, promising, benign, benign, hopeful, bright, bright, golden,favorable
The patient direly needed a blood transfusion to survive.
The company's direly needed new product launch was a huge success.
The city's direly needed new hospital was finally completed.
The team's direly needed victory gave them a boost of confidence.
