miserably

English

Etymology

From Middle English myserablie; equivalent to miserable +‎ -ly.

Pronunciation

Audio (Southern England) (file)

Adverb

miserably (comparative more miserably, superlative most miserably)

In a miserable manner.
fail miserably
- 1971, Richard Carpenter, Catweazle and the Magic Zodiac, Harmondsworth: Puffin Books, page 7:
  "Well, sorcerer?" growled the Norman. "Nay, not well," replied Catweazle shivering miserably, "I have the bone-ache."

Translations

in a miserable manner

Chinese:
Mandarin: 可哀 (zh) (kě'āi)
Finnish: kurjasti (fi)
French: misérablement (fr), minablement (fr)
Italian: miserabilmente (it)
Portuguese: miseravelmente
Spanish: miserablemente
Swedish: eländigt (sv)
Walloon: minåvmint (wa), pôvriteuzmint (wa), mizeråvmint (wa)

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