miserably
miserably adverb: in a miserable manner.
Adverb
miserably (comparative more miserably, superlative most miserably)
- In a miserable manner.
- fail miserably
- "Well, sorcerer?" growled the Norman. "Nay, not well," replied Catweazle shivering miserably, "I have the bone-ache."1971, Richard Carpenter, Catweazle and the Magic Zodiac, Harmondsworth: Puffin Books, page 7
miserably meaning in Urdu and Telugu
miserably in Urdu
- بری طرح سے, نحوست سے, ذلت سے
miserably in Telugu
- దుర్భరంగా
Examples of miserably in a sentence
- After the original plan failed miserably, they decided to go back to the drawing board and come up with something new.
- Liam was failing miserably at his attempts to get Casey to back down.
- If spitting is supposed to scare the opponent, it fails miserably. . . .
Forms of miserably
| comparative | more miserably |
|---|---|
| superlative | most miserably |
Origin of miserably
From Middle English myserablie; equivalent to miserable + -ly.
Questions about miserably
- What does miserably mean?
- Miserably means in a miserable manner.
- What is miserably in Urdu?
- Miserably in Urdu is بری طرح سے, نحوست سے, ذلت سے. See Miserably meaning in Urdu.
- What part of speech is miserably?
- Miserably is an adverb.
Words near miserably in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: miserably (page history and authors); miserably (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); miserably (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). 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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