lamentably

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Related to lamentably: tremulously, tempestuously, paternalistically

la·men·ta·ble

(lə-mĕn′tə-bəl, lăm′ən-)

adj.

Inspiring or deserving of lament or regret; deplorable or pitiable. See Synonyms at pathetic.

lam′en·ta·bly adv.

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Adv.

lamentably - in an unfortunate or deplorable manner; "he was sadly neglected"; "it was woefully inadequate"

deplorably, woefully, sadly

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lamentablement

lamentevolmente

lamentably

[ˈlæməntəblɪ] ADV → lamentablemente
there is, lamentably, nothing we can do → lamentablemente, no podemos hacer nada
to fail lamentably to do sth → fracasar estrepitosamente or de manera lamentable en el intento de hacer algo
there are still lamentably few women surgeons → es de lamentar or es lamentable que todavía existan muy pocas cirujanas

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

lamentably

[ˈlæməntəbli] adv [fail] → lamentablement
They have failed lamentably → Ils ont échoué lamentablement.
lamentably few
There are still lamentably few women surgeons → Les chirurgiennes sont toujours en nombre lamentablement peu élevé., C'est lamentable que le nombre de chirurgiennes soit toujours aussi faible.

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

lamentably

adv → erbärmlich, beklagenswert; he failed lamentably → er scheiterte kläglich; lamentably, this idea is not practicable → bedauerlicherweise lässt sich diese Idee nicht verwirklichen; she was lamentably ignorant of politics → es war traurig or zum Weinen, wie wenig sie von Politik wusste; the level of their commitment is lamentably low → es ist jämmerlich, wie wenig sie sich engagieren; there are lamentably few female surgeons → es gibt immer noch beklagenswert wenige Chirurginnen

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

lamentably

[ˈlæməntəblɪ] adv → deplorevolmente
we are lamentably short of good staff → purtroppo siamo veramente a corto di personale in gamba

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

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Whatever objection you may personally feel to renewing the efforts for the rescue of this miserable girl which failed so lamentably at York, I entreat you, for Norah's sake, to take the same steps now which we took then.

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He will think that in the scene with the Major-General I acted with lamentably little spirit, and that generally my friend Alastor would have proved infinitely more worthy of the situation.

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And just then there came a knock and a scurrying; the police, so lamentably absent from the Calton Hill, appeared upon the scene; and the party, taken FLAGRANTE DELICTO, with their glasses at their elbow, were seized, marched up to the police office, and all duly summoned to appear as witnesses in the consequent case against that arch-shebeener, Colette.

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The distinguishing mark of the hens was a crest of lamentably scanty growth, in these latter days, but so oddly and wickedly analogous to Hepzibah's turban, that Phoebe--to the poignant distress of her conscience, but inevitably --was led to fancy a general resemblance betwixt these forlorn bipeds and her respectable relative.

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Some of them howled lamentably at times, and every little while, as if it were all that remained for them to do in their narrow cells, all of them would break out into barking.

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She snatched the bottle out of my hands--drank off another dram, shook her head at me, and ejaculated lamentably: "My nerves, my nerves!

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How comes it that you are so lamentably less valiant now that you are on your own ground, face to face with the suitors in your own house?

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He felt inclined to be communicative with this silent man, who possessed so obviously all the good masculine qualities in which Katharine now seemed lamentably deficient.

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But while admiring my neighbour, I don't think I shall ever try to follow in her steps, my talents not being of the energetic and organising variety, but rather of that order which makes their owner almost lamentably prone to take up a volume of poetry and wander out to where the kingcups grow, and, sitting on a willow trunk beside a little stream, forget the very existence of everything but green pastures and still waters, and the glad blowing of the wind across the joyous fields.

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I never before met with any lady of her rank and station who was so lamentably narrow-minded on the subject of foreigners.

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A fat-tailed sheep, who did not want to die, bleated lamentably at my tent-door.

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As I purposed to make a considerable stay here, it gratified me to learn that there is no longer the want of harmony between the town's-people and pilgrims, which impelled the former to such lamentably mistaken measures as the persecution of Christian and the fiery martyrdom of Faithful.