If you describe something as dreary, you mean that it is dull and depressing.
例句
...a dreary little town in the Midwest...位于中西部的沉悶的小鎮They live such dreary lives.他們的生活如此乏味！
英英詞典釋義
Adverb
1. in a cheerless manner;
"in August 1914 , there was a dismally sentimental little dinner, when the French, German, Austrian and Belgian members of the committee drank together to the peace of the future"