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.
direly Meaning
Webster
direly (adv.)
In a dire manner.
Synonyms & Antonyms of direly
Synonyms:
- dismal
- sepulchral
- malignant
- gloomy
- lugubrious
- evil
- doomy
- cloudy
- godforsaken
- disheartening
- morbid
- saturnine
- cimmerian
- disconsolate
- funereal
- cheerless
- troubled
- dim
- unpromising
- dreich
- plutonian
- lonesome
- drear
- discouraging
- chill
- miserable
- elegiacal
- hopeless
- tenebrific
- wretched
- unpropitious
- forlorn
- glum
- unlucky
- sombre
- sullen
- elegiac
- cold
- dreary
- comfortless
- tenebrous
- malign
- morose
Antonyms:
FAQs About the word direly
In a dire manner.
ominous, bleak, menacing, sinister, unfavorable, portentous, lonely, depressing, unfortunate, somber
benign, bright, favorable, promising, golden, hopeful, bright, golden, benign, promising
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.
