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disastrously

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dis·as·trous  (d-zstrs, -ss-)
adj.
1. Accompanied by or causing distress or disaster; calamitous.
2. Extremely bad; terrible: a disastrous report card.

dis·astrous·ly adv.
dis·astrous·ness n.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adv.1.disastrously - in a disastrous manner; "the real value of the trust capital may be disastrously less than when the trust began"
Translations
disastrously [dɪˈzɑːstrəslɪ] ADV
1. (= catastrophically) → desastrosamente
the race started disastrously for Smithla carrera tuvo un comienzo desastroso para Smith
to go disastrously wrongsalir terriblemente mal
2. (= atrociously) → pésimamente
we performed disastrouslyactuamos pésimamente, tuvimos una actuación horrorosa
disastrously [dɪˈzɑːstrəsli dɪˈzæstrəsli] adv (= terribly) [high, low, late] → terriblement
The vegetable harvest is disastrously behind schedule
BUT Le retard dans la récolte des légumes est désastreux.
disastrously timed → malencontreux/euse
to go disastrously wrong → tourner au désastre
disastrously
advkatastrophal; it all went disastrously wronges was eine Katastrophe; we performed disastrouslyunsere Leistung war katastrophal (schlecht); they fared disastrously in the electionssie schnitten bei den Wahlen katastrophal schlecht ab
disastrously [dɪˈzɑːstrəslɪ] advdisastrosamente
disastrously [dɪˈzɑːstrəslɪ] advdisastrosamente


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But though I was no less convinced than Stroeve that the connection between Strickland and Blanche would end disastrously, I did not expect the issue to take the tragic form it did.
Once a writer friend of mine had owned the ranch; but he, too, had become a revolutionist, though more disastrously than I, for he was already dead and gone, and none knew where nor how.
The respectable Apollyon was now putting on the steam at a prodigious rate, anxious, perhaps, to get rid of the unpleasant reminiscences connected with the spot where he had so disastrously encountered Christian.
 
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