Fu*ne"re*al (?), a. [L. funereus, fr. fentus a funeral.]

Suiting a funeral; pertaining to burial; solemn. Hence: Dark; dismal; mournful.

Jer. Taylor.

What seem to us but sad funereal tapers
May be heaven's distant lamps.
Longfellow.

-- Fu*ne"re*al*ly, adv.

 

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