miserably


Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
miserable/ˈmɪzrəbl/
adjective
  • 1 wretchedly unhappy or uncomfortable.

    ■ causing unhappiness or discomfort.

    ■ habitually morose.

  • 2 pitiably small or inadequate.

    ■ contemptible.

    Austral./NZ & Scottish miserly.

– derivatives
miserableness noun,
miserably adverb.
– origin ME: from Fr. misérable, from L. miserabilis ‘pitiable’, from miserari ‘to pity’, from miser ‘wretched’.
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