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.