Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Funereal \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.