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lamentably, adv.|ˈlæməntəblɪ|
Also 6 lamentablely.
[f. lamentable + -ly2.]
1. With lamentation or passionate expression of sorrow; mournfully, dolefully. Now rare.
1470–85Malory Arthur v. v, They lefte her shryking and cryenge lamentably. 1523Ld. Berners Froiss. I. vii. 5 She..lamentably recounted to hym all the felonyes and iniuries done to her by Syr Hewe Spencer. 1534More Comf. agst. Trib. ii. Wks. 1201/2 Lette him lamentablye beseche God of hys gracyous ayde and helpe, to strength hys infyrmitie. 1575–85Abp. Sandys Serm. xv. 260 Of this his great miserie he complaineth him lamentably in diuerse of his Psalmes. 1611Shakes. Wint. T. iv. iv. 190, I loue a ballad but euen too well, if it be dolefule matter merrily set downe: or a very pleasant thing indeede, and sung lamentably. 1679Hist. Jetzer a 2/1 She complains Lamentably of the affront done her. 1783Wolcot (P. Pindar) Odes to R.A.'s vi. Wks. 1812 I. 64 Pity it is! 'tis true 'tis pity. As Shakspeare lamentably says. 1847James J. Marston Hall xii, He spoke learnedly and lamentably upon the evils and inconveniences of his own profession.
2. So as to call for lamentation or mourning; pitiably, deplorably; hence (with weakened meaning), woefully, grievously.
1577–87Holinshed Chron. III. 355/2 A hundred and twentie temporall men with diuerse preests and manie women were drowned and lamentablie perished. 1585J. Norden Sinf. Man's Solace i. 13 b, Lazarus, who lamentablely oppressed with hunger..begged at his gate. 1606Shakes. Ant. & Cl. iii. x. 26 Our Fortune on the Sea is out of breath, And sinkes most lamentably. 1671Glanvill Disc. M. Stubbe 23 What you add..is lamentably impertinent. 1678Wanley Wond. Lit. World v. ii. §78. 472/1 The miserable Emperour being lamentably trod to death in the Throng. 1816T. L. Peacock Headlong Hall ii, It will grow small by degrees and lamentably less. 1849Macaulay Hist. Eng. ii. I. 212 He had a strong though a lamentably perverted sense of duty and honor. 1885Leeds Mercury 24 June 4/4 The new Government will be so lamentably weak in debating power. |