Grimly vs Grisly - What's the difference?
grimly | grisly |
(rare) Grim-looking, grim-natured.
* 1973 , Kyril Bonfiglioli, Don't Point That Thing at Me , Penguin (2001), page 94:
horrifyingly repellent; terrifying, gruesome
As adjectives the difference between grimly and grisly
is that grimly is (rare) grim-looking, grim-natured while grisly is horrifyingly repellent; terrifying, gruesome.As an adverb grimly
is in a grim manner.grimly
English
Etymology 1
(etyl) .Adjective
(er)- In reality it was the most terrifying sight I had seen to date: two fried eggs decorated with ketchup, Tabasco and chopped chillis in the semblance of a pair of bloodshot eyes – I would as soon have eaten my own leg. I waved the grimly thing away.
Etymology 2
grisly
English
Adjective
(er)- The photos of the killings depict a grisly scene.