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wretchedly

/ˈɹɛt͡ʃədli/

wretchedly adverb: in a wretched manner.

Adverb

wretchedly (comparative more wretchedly, superlative most wretchedly)

  1. In a wretched manner.
    • Tell my page to ask him to walk with you, for you look wretchedly, and to be sure you have been on your knees a long time rubbing that foot, I must say.1842, [anonymous collaborator of Letitia Elizabeth Landon], chapter XLII, in Lady Anne Granard; or, Keeping up Appearances. […], volume II, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, page 241
    • I felt wretchedly old, and worn out, and unfit for my place—and began to wonder, for the first time in my life, when it would please God to take me.1868 January 4 – June 6, [William] Wilkie Collins, “First Period. The Loss of the Diamond (1848). […]”, in The Moonstone. A Romance. […], volume I, London: Tinsley Brothers, […], published 1868...

wretchedly meaning in Urdu and Bengali

wretchedly in Urdu

بدبختی سے

wretchedly in Bengali

শোচনীয়ভাবে

Forms of wretchedly

comparativemore wretchedly
superlativemost wretchedly

Origin of wretchedly

From Middle English wrecchedly; equivalent to wretched + -ly.

Questions about wretchedly

What does wretchedly mean?
Wretchedly means in a wretched manner.
What is wretchedly in Urdu?
Wretchedly in Urdu is بدبختی سے. See Wretchedly meaning in Urdu.
What part of speech is wretchedly?
Wretchedly is an adverb.
How do you pronounce wretchedly?
Wretchedly is pronounced /ˈɹɛt͡ʃədli/.

Words near wretchedly in the dictionary

  1. wretch
  2. wretche
  3. wretched
  4. wretcheder
  5. wretchedest
  6. wretchedly
  7. wretchedmost
  8. wretchedness
  9. wretchednesse
  10. wretchednesses
  11. wretches

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Adapted from Wiktionary: wretchedly (page history and authors); wretchedly (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); wretchedly (Bengali 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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