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