WRETCHEDLY
wretchedly
(adverb) in a wretched manner; ââI canât remember who I am,â I said, wretchedlyâ
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adverb
wretchedly (comparative more wretchedly, superlative most wretchedly)
In a wretched manner.
Source: Wiktionary
Wretch"ed*ly, adv.
Definition: In a wretched manner; miserably; despicable.
WRETCHED
Wretch"ed, a.
1. Very miserable; sunk in, or accompanied by, deep affliction or distress, as from want, anxiety, or grief; calamitous; woeful; very afflicting. "To what wretched state reserved!" Milton. O cruel! Death! to those you are more kind Than to the wretched mortals left behind. Waller. The wretched refuse of your teeming shore . . .
2. Worthless; paltry; very poor or mean; miserable; as, a wretched poem; a wretched cabin.
3. Hatefully contemptible; despicable; wicked. [Obs.] "Wretched ungratefulness." Sir P. Sidney. Nero reigned after this Claudius, of all men wretchedest, ready to all manner [of] vices. Capgrave.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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