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Miserable vs. Miserably

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Miserableadjective

In a state of misery: very sad, ill, or poor.

Miserablyadverb

In a miserable manner

Miserableadjective

Very bad (at something); unskilled, incompetent.

‘He's good at some sports, like tennis, but he's just miserable at football.’;

Miserablyadverb

In a miserable; unhappily; calamitously; wretchedly; meanly.

‘They were miserably entertained.’; ‘The fifth was miserably stabbed to death.’;

Miserableadjective

Wretched; worthless; mean.

‘a miserable sinner’;

Miserablyadverb

in a miserable manner;

‘I bit my lip miserably and nodded’;

Miserableadjective

(obsolete) Causing unhappiness or misery.

Miserableadjective

(obsolete) Avaricious; niggardly; miserly.

Miserablenoun

A miserable person; a wretch.

Miserableadjective

Very unhappy; wretched; living in misery.

‘What hopes delude thee, miserable man?’;

Miserableadjective

Causing unhappiness or misery.

‘What 's more miserable than discontent?’;

Miserableadjective

Worthless; mean; despicable; as, a miserable fellow; a miserable dinner.

‘Miserable comforters are ye all.’;

Miserableadjective

Avaricious; niggardly; miserly.

Miserablenoun

A miserable person.

Miserableadjective

very unhappy; full of misery;

‘he felt depressed and miserable’; ‘a message of hope for suffering humanity’; ‘wretched prisoners huddled in stinking cages’;

Miserableadjective

deserving or inciting pity;

‘a hapless victim’; ‘miserable victims of war’; ‘the shabby room struck her as extraordinarily pathetic’; ‘piteous appeals for help’; ‘pitiable homeless children’; ‘a pitiful fate’; ‘Oh, you poor thing’; ‘his poor distorted limbs’; ‘a wretched life’;

Miserableadjective

of the most contemptible kind;

‘abject cowardice’; ‘a low stunt to pull’; ‘a low-down sneak’; ‘his miserable treatment of his family’; ‘You miserable skunk!’; ‘a scummy rabble’; ‘a scurvy trick’;

Miserableadjective

of very poor quality or condition;

‘deplorable housing conditions in the inner city’; ‘woeful treatment of the accused’; ‘woeful errors of judgment’;

Miserableadjective

characterized by physical misery;

‘a wet miserable weekend’; ‘spent a wretched night on the floor’;

Miserableadjective

contemptibly small in amount;

‘a measly tip’; ‘the company donated a miserable $100 for flood relief’; ‘a paltry wage’; ‘almost depleted his miserable store of dried beans’;

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