[ adv ]
in a joyless manner; without joy
<adv.all>
she greeted her guests joylessly

Joyless \Joy"less\, a.
Not having joy; not causing joy; unenjoyable. --
{Joy"less*ly}, adv. -- {Joy"less*ness}, n.

With downcast eyes the joyless victor sat. --Dryden.

Youth and health and war are joyless to him. --Addison.

[He] pining for the lass,
Is joyless of the grove, and spurns the growing grass.
--Dryden.