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miserably

/ˈmɪzɝəbɫi/, /ˈmɪzɹəbɫi/ adv

In a miserable manner.

Word Origin Miserably traces back to Latin miser 'wretched, unfortunate.' The same root gives us misery, commiserate (to share misery with someone), and miserly (though that one took a different path, from 'wretched' to 'stingy'). So miserably is the adverb of being in a wretched state — you can almost feel the suffering in the word.

adv In a miserable manner.

He failed the exam miserably, scoring only 30 percent.

(副词) 悲惨地；痛苦地；可怜地

他考试考得惨不忍睹，只得了30分。

(adverbio) miserablemente; desgraciadamente; tristemente; penosamente [De manera miserable.]

Reprobó el examen miserablemente, obteniendo solo el 30 por ciento.

(adverbe) misérablement; lamentablement; pitoyablement; pauvrement; tristement [D'une manière misérable, malheureuse ou pitoyable.]

Il a échoué à l'examen **miserably**, n'obtenant que 30 % des points.

(Adverb) elend; jämmerlich; kläglich [**miserably** (Adverb): Auf eine elende, unglückliche oder erbärmliche Weise.]

Er fiel **miserably** durch die Prüfung und erreichte nur 30 Prozent.

(副詞) 悲惨に、みじめに、不幸にも

彼は30パーセントしか取れず、試験にみじめに失敗した。

(advérbio) miseravelmente; desgraçadamente; pessimamente [De maneira miserável.]

Ele foi muito mal no exame, obtendo apenas 30 por cento de aproveitamento.

Synonyms: unhappily sadly wretchedly sorrowfully dejectedly gloomily dismally forlornly Antonyms: happily joyfully cheerfully blissfully
Word parts: miser + able + ly

Common collocations

fail verb say verb think verb at prep sit verb look verb into prep so adv down adv wonder verb head subst feel verb

Related words

misery commiseration miserly

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