The word 'dismally' is correct and usable in written English.
It is an adverb and is used to describe an activity, event, or situation, usually in a negative way. Example sentence: The company performed dismally last quarter, resulting in a decline in profits.
The absence of the right-handed batsman was, after all, cited by Moores as one of the reasons England failed so dismally in Australia and New Zealand.
But could it be as a prison reformer that Gove really leaves his mark, making transformative change to the country by reversing two decades of dismally flawed policies?
That attack was claimed as retaliation for bin Laden's death, but such strikes have grown dismally common.
But it suits the conservative establishment to retain the severe lèse-majesté law as a weapon against anyone who threatens their privileges.After the 2006 coup the army and its allies in the bureaucracy ran the country dismally, and Thailand's economy is now among the region's slowest-growing.
But in doing so he could upset the political apple-cart.With a population growing so fast and a government that performs so dismally in providing basic services, Africa's biggest oil producer may face a crisis unless drastic change occurs soon.
But even they will depend to a degree on harmonisation with the oil laws still not passed by a dismally weak and divided central government in Baghdad.Another huge problem for Iraqi Kurdistan is the fact that it has been run, since 1991, by two rival administrations.
But her two terms as prime minister ended dismally, amid accusations of corruption.
But the power-sharing government formed after the violence of early 2008 by President Kibaki and his rival, Mr Odinga, has dismally failed to address the main causes of instability: a lack of land and jobs.
It performed dismally in the election for the new Welsh assembly.
But they aren't.Dangerous drivers in dodgy vehicles on ill-designed and dismally maintained roads make a lethal cocktail.
Sadly, Dana Thomas, author of "Deluxe: How Luxury Lost Its Luster", and her New York Times reviewer fail dismally:For Thomas, a cultural and fashion writer for Newsweek in Paris and the Paris correspondent for the Australian Harper's Bazaar, the luxury industry is a sham because its offerings in no way merit the high price tags they command.A pity.
