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wretchedly

/ˈɹɛtʃɪdɫi/ adv

In a wretched manner.

Word Origin 'Wretchedly' comes from 'wretched,' which is from 'wretch' — an old word for an exile or outcast. The root is Old English 'wrecca', meaning a miserable wanderer, from PIE *wreg- 'to drive, pursue.' So a wretch was originally someone driven out, hunted. That's why 'wretched' means miserable and pitiful. The same root gives us 'wreck' (something driven ashore) and 'shipwreck.' The negative sense developed from the idea of being cast out.

adv In a wretched manner.

The lost dog looked wretchedly at passersby, hoping for food and shelter.

(副词) 悲惨地；可怜地

那只迷路的狗可怜巴巴地看着路人，希望得到食物和庇护所。

(adverbio) miserablemente; desgraciadamente; lastimosamente; pobremente; ruinmente [De manera miserable o desgraciada.]

El perro perdido miraba miserablemente a los transeúntes, esperando comida y refugio.

(adverbe) misérablement; pitoyablement; lamentablement; piteusement [De manière misérable ou pitoyable.]

Le chien perdu regardait les passants wretchedly, espérant de la nourriture et un abri.

(Adverb) erbärmlich; jämmerlich; elend [Auf eine Weise, die Elend, Verzweiflung oder äußerstes Unbehagen ausdrückt.]

Der verlassene Hund blickte **wretchedly** zu den Passanten auf, in der Hoffnung auf etwas Futter.

(副詞) みじめな様子で。悲惨に。

迷子の犬は食べ物と寝場所を求めて通行人を見つめていた。

(advérbio) miseravelmente; lastimosamente; desgraçadamente; infelizmente [De maneira miserável; de forma lastimável.]

O cachorro perdido olhava lastimosamente para os transeuntes, esperando por comida e abrigo.

Synonyms: miserably woefully deplorably pitifully sorrowfully Antonyms: happily joyfully splendidly blissfully
Word parts: wretch + ed + ly

Common collocations

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Related words

wretchedness wreckage wrecker

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