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Recreational drug connected with friend in a miserable way (10)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

funereally

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'recreational drug connected with friend in a miserable' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this definition defines the answer.

'way' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'way' could be 'really' (I've seen this before) and 'really' is present in the answer.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

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(Other definitions for funereally that I've seen before include "Lacking joy" , "dismally" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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