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What (who) is miserably - definition
miserably
see miserable
Miserably
·adv In a miserable; unhappily; calamitously; wretchedly; meanly.
miserable
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Miserable (disambiguation)
1.
If you are miserable, you are very unhappy.
I took a series of badly paid secretarial jobs which made me really miserable...
ADJ: usu v-link ADJ
• miserably
He looked miserably down at his plate.
ADV: usu ADV after v
2.
If you describe a place or situation as miserable, you mean that it makes you feel unhappy or depressed.
There was nothing at all in this miserable place to distract him.
= depressing
ADJ: usu ADJ n
3.
If you describe the weather as miserable, you mean that it makes you feel depressed, because it is raining or dull.
It was a grey, wet, miserable day...
ADJ
4.
If you describe someone as miserable, you mean that you do not like them because they are bad-tempered or unfriendly.
He always was a miserable man. He never spoke to me nor anybody else.
ADJ: ADJ n
5.
You can describe a quantity or quality as miserable when you think that it is much smaller or worse than it ought to be.
Our speed over the ground was a miserable 2.2 knots...
ADJ: usu a ADJ amount [emphasis]
• miserably
...the miserably inadequate supply of books now provided for schools.
ADV: ADV adj
6.
A miserable failure is a very great one.
The film was a miserable commercial failure both in Italy and in the United States.
ADJ: ADJ n [emphasis]
• miserably
Some manage it. Some fail miserably.
ADV: ADV with v
Examples of use of miserably
1. But of course the consequences are miserably predictable.
2. The six–party talks on North Korea have failed miserably.
3. Honourable is what we are when we are failing miserably.
4. It has miserably failed the underprivileged of this world.
5. They sit miserably confined or fight to find an exit.