lamentablyadv.
/ˈlam(ᵻ)ntəbli/, /ləˈmɛntəbli/, U.S. /ˈlæmən(t)əbli/, /ləˈmɛn(t)əbli/ 1. With lamentation or passionate expression of sorrow; mournfully, dolefully. Now rare.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > suffering > sorrow or grief > lamentation or expression of grief > [adverb]
sorelyc888
yomerlya1000
yomerea1250
ruthlya1400
mourninglya1425
sorrowinglya1425
lamentably1470
in sackcloth and ashes1526
tragically1567
plaintively1593
lamentinglyc1610
bemoaningly1646
complainingly1816
deploringly1847
sighfully1900
1470–85 T. Malory Morte d'Arthur v. v They lefte her shryking and cryenge lamentably.
1523 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart Cronycles I. vii. 5 She..lamentably recounted to hym all the felonyes and iniuries done to her by Syr Hewe Spencer.
1557 Dialoge of Comfort (new ed.) ii. xvi, in Wks. Sir T. More 1201/2 Lette him lamentablye beseche God of hys gracyous ayde and helpe, to strength hys infyrmitie.
1585 Abp. E. Sandys Serm. xv. 260 Of this his great miserie, he complaineth him lamentably in diuerse of his Psalmes.
a1616 W. Shakespeare Winter's Tale (1623) iv. iv. 191 I loue a ballad but euen too well, if it be dolefull matter merrily set downe: or a very pleasant thing indeede, and sung lamentably . View more context for this quotation
1679 tr. Trag. Hist. Jetzer a 2/1 She complains Lamentably of the affront done her.
1783 ‘P. Pindar’ More Lyric Odes to Royal Academicians vii. 18 Pity it is! 'tis true 'tis pity. As Shakspear lamentably says.
1834 G. P. R. James John Marston Hall I. xii. 160 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.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > goodness and badness > inferiority or baseness > wretchedness > [adverb]
noughtlyeOE
litherOE
naughtlyOE
litherlya1225
simplya1325
miseaselyc1330
wretchedlyc1340
lewdlyc1386
unhappily1390
miserably?a1425
lodderlyc1425
sorrily1496
singly1548
naughtily1574
sillily1581
lamentably1585
evilly1587
woefully1592
scurvily1616
execrably1633
grievously1742
miscreantly1744
queasily1845
fecklessly1862
God-forsakenly1913
the mind > emotion > compassion > quality of exciting pity > [adverb]
rulyeOE
ruefullyc1225
ruthfullyc1225
piteouslyc1300
miserably?a1425
piteousc1425
pitifullyc1450
pietously1474
touchingly?1507
lamentably1585
pitiful1600
pitiedly1661
meltingly1680
pitiably1688
pathetic1724
pathetically1740
the mind > emotion > suffering > sorrow or grief > lamentation or expression of grief > [adverb] > lamentably
ruthfullyc1225
tooc1275
piteouslyc1300
pitifullyc1450
pietously1474
wretchedly1546
lamentably1585
deplorably1653
sadly1655
1585 J. Norden Sinfull Mans Solace i. f. 13v Lazarus, who lamentablely oppressed with hunger..begged at his gate.
1587 A. Fleming et al. Holinshed's Chron. (new ed.) III. 355/2 A hundred and twentie temporall men with diuerse preests and manie women were drowned and lamentablie perished.
a1616 W. Shakespeare Antony & Cleopatra (1623) iii. x. 25 Our Fortune on the Sea is out of breath, And sinkes most lamentably . View more context for this quotation
1671 J. Glanvill Further Discov. Stubbe 23 What you add..is lamentably impertinent.
1678 N. Wanley Wonders Little World v. ii. §78. 472/1 The miserable Emperour being lamentably trod to death in the Throng.
1816 T. L. Peacock Headlong Hall ii. 17 It will continue to grow small by degrees and lamentably less.
1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. I. ii. 212 He had a strong though a lamentably perverted sense of duty and honor.
1885 Leeds Mercury 24 June 4/4 The new Government will be so lamentably weak in debating power.
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