miserably

mis·er·a·ble  (mzr--bl, mzr-)

adj.

1. Very uncomfortable or unhappy; wretched.

2. Causing or accompanied by great discomfort or distress: a miserable climate.

3. Mean or shameful; contemptible: a miserable trick.

4. Wretchedly inadequate: lived in a miserable shack; fed the prisoners miserable rations.

5. Of poor quality; inferior: miserable handicraft.

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[Middle English, from Old French, from Latin miserbilis, pitiable, from miserr, to pity, from miser, wretched.]

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miser·a·ble n.

miser·a·ble·ness n.

miser·a·bly adv.

Thesaurus

Adv.

1.

miserably - in a miserable manner; "I bit my lip miserably and nodded"

Translations

miserably [ˈmɪzərəblɪ] ADV

1. (= unhappily) [say, think, nod] → tristemente, con desconsuelo

2. (= depressingly) [furnished, decorated] → miserablemente, míseramente
the supplies were miserably inadequate → los suministros eran miserablemente escasos
it was miserably cold → hacía un frío deprimente
our wages are miserably low → nos pagan una miseria

3. (= completely) to fail miserably → fracasar rotundamente

miserably [ˈmɪzərəbli] adv

[smile, answer, say] → tristement

[live, pay] → misérablement

[fail] → lamentablement

There was one miserably small piece left → Il ne restait qu'un misérable petit morceau.

miserably

adv

(= unhappily) → unglücklich; say also → kläglich

(= wretchedly, distressingly) hurt, ache, rain → grässlich, fürchterlich; live, die → elend, jämmerlich; poor → erbärmlich; miserably unhappy → todunglücklich (inf); it was miserably cold → es war erbärmlich kalt

(= contemptibly) pay, feed, play → miserabel; fail → kläglich, jämmerlich; treat, behave → gemein; the wages were miserably low → die Löhne waren miserabel

miserably [ˈmɪz/ər/əblɪ] adv (smile, answer) → tristemente; (fail, live, pay) → miseramente