miserably

mis·er·a·ble

 (mĭz′ər-ə-bəl, mĭz′rə-)

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 miserābilis, pitiable, from miserārī, to pity, from miser, wretched.]

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mis′er·a·ble n.

mis′er·a·ble·ness n.

mis′er·a·bly adv.

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Thesaurus

Adv.

1.

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

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Translations

بصورةٍ بائِسَه

uboze

elendigtmiserabelt

elend

misérablementlamentablement

gyatrán

ömurlega

infelicemente

kötü/berbat şekilde

悲惨地

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

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

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.

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

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

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

miserably

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

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

miserable

(ˈmizərəbl) adjective

1. very unhappy; She's been miserable since he went away. ellendig بائِس нещастен infeliz nešťastný unglücklich ulykkelig δυστυχισμένοςabatido, triste, deprimido, infeliz õnnetu بد بخت onneton malheureuxאומלל दुखी nesretan boldogtalan; siralmas; nyomorult sedih vansæll infelice みじめな 비참한 labai nelaimingas nelaimīgs sedih diep ongelukkig elendig, bedrøvelignieszczęśliwy بد مرغه او بى چاره infeliz (foarte) nefericit несчастный nešťastný nesrečen nesrećan olycklig, förtvivlad เป็นทุกข์ çok mutsuz 難過的 нещасний, бідолашний بے چارہ bất hạnh 痛苦的

2. very poor in quantity or quality. The house was in a miserable condition. swak, ellendig زَهيد، ضَئيل мизерен miserável ubohý elend miserabel; elendig άθλιος, αξιοθρήνητοςmiserable haletsusväärne بد بخت kurja misérableעלוב बहुत दुखी, दयनीय bijedan gyatra menyedihkan ömurlegur miserabile 貧弱な 극빈한 skurdus, pasigailėtinas nožēlojams; trūcīgs teruk armzaligelendig, ussel, ynkeligmarny, nędzny بد مرغه miserável mizerabil, jalnic жалкий úbohý beden očajan eländig, miserabel ความทุกข์ kötü, berbat 極少的，極差的 жалюгідний; убогий خستہ حال nghèo nàn 粗劣的，贫乏的

ˈmiserably adverb

ellendig بصورةٍ بائِسَه нещастно infelizmente uboze elend miserabelt; elendigt άθλιαmiserablemente, tristemente haletsusväärselt به بیچارگی onnettomasti misérablement בְּמַבָּט אוּמלָל गरीबी से, कंगाली से bijedno szánalmasan, gyatrán secara menyedihkan ömurlega miserabilmente みじめにも 비참하게 blogai, varganai nožēlojami; trūcīgi dengan teruk ellendig, erbarmelijk elendig, usselt, bedrøvelig marnie په بد مرغى infelizmente mizerabil; groaznic жалко úboho bedno nesrećno eländigt, miserabelt อย่างทุกข์ยาก kötü/berbat şekilde 難過地, 極差地 дуже, страшенно پر آزاری سے kinh khủng 悲惨地

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