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disastrously

/dɪˈzæs.tɹəs.li/

disastrously adverb: in a disastrous way. (Of the nature of a disaster; calamitously.).

Adverb

disastrously (comparative more disastrously, superlative most disastrously)

  1. In a disastrous way. (Of the nature of a disaster; calamitously.)
    • It has frequently been found that these [timber dry] docks have been incapable of successfully resisting this force, and in many instances the altars have been forced off, the sides of the entrance works have been forced inward, the bottom of the dock has been uplifted, and, where defects in the...1899, “Maintenance of Yards and Docks”, in Annual Reports of the Navy Department for the Year 1899: Report of the Secretary of the Navy. Miscellaneous Reports, Washington, D.C.: Government Printing...
    • Mr. Dukakis charged that when it came to advising President Reagan on Iran, Mr. Bush was "disastrously and completely and unforgivably wrong."1988 September 13, Andrew Rosenthal, “Dukakis Stresses Defense, Ridicules Bush and Quayle”, in The New York Times

disastrously meaning in Urdu

disastrously in Urdu

مصیبت آمیزی سے

Synonyms of disastrously

All synonyms of disastrously

Forms of disastrously

comparativemore disastrously
superlativemost disastrously

Origin of disastrously

From disastrous + -ly.

Questions about disastrously

What does disastrously mean?
Disastrously means in a disastrous way. (Of the nature of a disaster; calamitously.).
What is disastrously in Urdu?
Disastrously in Urdu is مصیبت آمیزی سے. See Disastrously meaning in Urdu.
What part of speech is disastrously?
Disastrously is an adverb.
How do you pronounce disastrously?
Disastrously is pronounced /dɪˈzæs.tɹəs.li/ (US).

Words near disastrously in the dictionary

  1. disastres
  2. disastress
  3. disastrophe
  4. disastrophes
  5. disastrous
  6. disastrously
  7. disastrousness
  8. disatisfied
  9. disattach
  10. disattached
  11. disattaches

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Adapted from Wiktionary: disastrously (page history and authors); disastrously (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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