Gothically

adjective

1. of the Goths or their language or culture
2. designating, of, or related to a style of architecture developed in W Europe between the 12th and 16th cent. and characterized by the use of ribbed vaulting, flying buttresses, pointed arches, steep, high roofs, etc.
3. 1. medieval
   2. not classical
   3. barbarous; uncivilized
4. of or having to do with a type of fiction orig. and esp. of the late 18th and early 19th cent. using remote (and, orig., medieval) settings and a sinister, eerie atmosphere to suggest horror and mystery
5. designating or of a type of romance () set typically in the 18th or 19th cent. and relating the melodramatic adventures of the heroine

Origin: LL Gothicus: see Goth

noun

1. the East Germanic language of the Goths: it is known chiefly from the Bible translations of Bishop Ulfilas
2. Gothic style, esp. in architecture
3. Printing
   1. ☆ a style of sans-serif type
   2. a heavy, ornate style of type, now used especially in calligraphy