Miserably
['mɪzərəblɪ]
Definition
(adv.) in a miserable manner; 'I bit my lip miserably and nodded'.
Editor: Moll--From WordNet
Definition
(adv.) In a miserable; unhappily; calamitously; wretchedly; meanly.
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Examples
- He was so miserably ill, Mr. Blake! Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- Bitzer,' said Mr. Gradgrind, broken down, and miserably submissive to him, 'have you a heart? Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
- I hate to be poor, and we are degradingly poor, offensively poor, miserably poor, beastly poor. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Deceived myself, I did very miserably deceive youand it will be a painful reflection to me for ever. Jane Austen. Emma.
- Yeobright remained in his study, sitting over the open books; but the work of those hours was miserably scant. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- You hear more than enough of married people living together miserably. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- His eyes looked at me again with the painful expression of inquiry, so wistful, so vacant, so miserably helpless to see. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- But the sickly daze of the swoon made her still miserably faint. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- He has taken something of thine, the woman said miserably. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- Yes, he said, I see that there are--a few; but the people, speaking generally, and the best of them are miserably degraded and enslaved. Plato. The Republic.
- My present state is miserably irksome. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
- I am miserably helpless--I can't control myself. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- The morning remained squally, and the streets were miserably muddy, but no rain fell as they walked towards the Iron Bridge. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- It is true she had neither strong feelings to overcome, nor tender feelings by which to be miserably pained. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- The whole affair was miserably small: his debts were small, even his expectations were not anything so very magnificent. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- There's no reason she should die or live miserably because you are wrong-headed. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- It is on them very early, Pablo said miserably. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- He died rather miserably. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- He has taken them, she said miserably. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- The weather was miserably raw, and the two cursed the cold. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- The day wore on to its end drearily and miserably enough, I can tell you. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- She suffered, indeed, miserably. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- But you are miserably behindhand. Jane Austen. Emma.
- Believe me, Frankenstein: I was benevolent; my soul glowed with love and humanity: but am I not alone, miserably alone? Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
- He was so miserably uneasy that, at last, she consented to go into her own room, and prepare for going to bed. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- Lydgate felt miserably jarred. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- They lived and died very miserably. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- I am sure we must perish miserably as we are. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
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