DISASTROUSLY

disastrously

(adverb) in a disastrous manner; “the real value of the trust capital may be disastrously less than when the trust began”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adverb

disastrously (comparative more disastrously, superlative most disastrously)

In a disastrous way. (Of the nature of a disaster; calamitously.)

Source: Wiktionary


DISASTROUS

Dis*as"trous, a. Etym: [Cf. F. désastreux. See Disaster.]

1. Full of unpropitious stellar influences; unpropitious; ill-boding. [Obs.] The moon In dim eclipse, disastrous twilight sheds. Milton.

2. Attended with suffering or disaster; very unfortunate; calamitous; ill-fated; as, a disastrous day; a disastrous termination of an undertaking. Wherein I spake of most disastrous chances. Shak.

– Dis*as"trous*ly, adv.

– Dis*as"trous*ness, n.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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INTERSPERSION

(noun) the act of combining one thing at intervals among other things; “the interspersion of illustrations in the text”


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