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lousily

/lˈaʊsili/ adv

In a lousy manner, poorly or vilely.

Word Origin Lousily is the adverb from 'lousy,' which comes from 'louse' — the parasitic insect. 'Lousy' originally meant 'infested with lice,' but by extension came to mean 'poor, bad, contemptible.' So lousily means doing something in a shoddy, lousy way. The root is Old English 'lūs,' and the same word gives us 'lousiness' and the verb 'delouse.'

adv In a lousy manner, poorly or vilely.

The team played lousily and lost the game by a wide margin.

(副词) 糟糕地；差劲地；恶劣地

这支球队打得太糟糕了，以大比分输掉了比赛。

(adverbio) pésimamente; fatal; muy mal; vilesmente [De manera pésima, mal o vilmente.]

El equipo jugó pésimamente y perdió el partido por un amplio margen.

(adverbe) minablement; pauvrement; misérablement; très mal [De manière médiocre ou exécrable ; très mal.]

L'équipe a joué de manière exécrable et a perdu le match avec un large écart.

(Adverb) Auf eine schlechte, widerwärtige oder unzureichende Weise; miserabel oder erbärmlich.

Die Mannschaft spielte **lousily** und verlor das Spiel mit großem Abstand.

(副詞) まずい方法で；不十分に；ひどく悪く。

そのチームは見苦しく試合運びをし、大差で敗れた。

(advérbio) mal; ruimamente; pobremente; vilmente [De maneira ruim, pobre ou vilmente.]

O time jogou mal e perdeu o jogo por uma margem ampla.

Synonyms: poorly badly shoddily miserably contemptibly vilely wretchingly pitifully Antonyms: well excellently admirably beautifully
Word parts: louse + y + ly

Related words

louse lousy lousiness

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