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miserably

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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.

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

miser·a·ble n.
miser·a·ble·ness n.
miser·a·bly adv.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
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 inadequatelos suministros eran miserablemente escasos
it was miserably coldhacía un frío deprimente
our wages are miserably lownos pagan una miseria
3. (= completely) to fail miserablyfracasar 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 alsokläglich
(= wretchedly, distressingly) hurt, ache, raingrässlich, fürchterlich; live, dieelend, jämmerlich; poorerbärmlich; miserably unhappytodunglücklich (inf); it was miserably coldes war erbärmlich kalt
(= contemptibly) pay, feed, playmiserabel; failkläglich, jämmerlich; treat, behavegemein; the wages were miserably lowdie Löhne waren miserabel
miserably [ˈmɪzrblɪ] adv (smile, answer) → tristemente; (fail, live, pay) → miseramente
miserably [ˈmɪzrblɪ] adv (smile, answer) → tristemente; (fail, live, pay) → miseramente


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One of them said, "The Sun, now while he is single, parches up the marsh, and compels us to die miserably in our arid homes.
A PUBLIC-SPIRITED Citizen who had failed miserably in trying to secure a National political convention for his city suffered acutely from dejection.
Let me only say that it fared with him as with the storm-tossed ship, that miserably drives along the leeward land.
 
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