miseramente

miserably

adverb mee-zeh-RAH-men-teh Rare

Also means

wretchedly

Usage Note

Miseramente describes failing or living in a pitiable, wretched way. Common collocation: fallire miseramente (to fail miserably). It is stronger and more literary than male (badly). False friend alert: miserabile means 'wretched/destitute', not merely 'miserable' in the colloquial English sense.

Examples

"Il progetto è fallito miseramente."

Natural Translation

The project failed miserably.

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