miserablyadv.

Brit.

/ˈmɪz(ə)rəbli/, U.S.

/ˈmɪzər(ə)bli/,

/ˈmɪzrəbli/

Forms: late Middle English miserabiliche, late Middle English miserabilly, late Middle English myserablie, late Middle English–1600s myserably, late Middle English– miserably, 1500s miserablely, 1500s miserablye, 1500s myserabelly, 1500s–1600s miserablie, 1700s misarably; Scottish pre-1700 meserablye, pre-1700 misarably, pre-1700 misaribilie, pre-1700 miserabilie, pre-1700 miserabillie, pre-1700 miserabillye, pre-1700 miserable, pre-1700 miserablie, pre-1700 1700s– miserably.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: miserable adj., -ly suffix².

Etymology: < miserable adj. + -ly suffix².

a. In a miserable manner, wretchedly; in a way or to an extent that awakens or deserves pity; in misery; in extreme unhappiness or discomfort.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > adversity > [adverb] > wretchedly or miserably

un-i-sellyOE

wretchedlyc1340

unhappily1390

miserably?a1425

lodderlyc1425

unluckily1530

miscreantly1744

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 > suffering > misery > [adverb]

armlyeOE

un-i-sellyOE

wretchlikec1175

wretchlyc1175

unsellyc1275

wretchedlyc1340

woefullya1393

caitifly1393

miserably?a1425

lodderlyc1425

mischievously?a1439

sorrily1496

comfortlessly1852

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 > misery > [adverb] > so as to cause misery

wretchedly1297

miseaselyc1330

miserably1535

desolatingly1888

?a1425 tr. Catherine of Siena Orcherd of Syon (Harl.) (1966) 87 (MED) Þanne schal he myserably and wrechefully be poneschid.

c1450 Alphabet of Tales (1904) I. 244 (MED) Þan come tythandis at þe pope was myserablie dead.

?a1475 (?a1425) tr. R. Higden Polychron. (Harl. 2261) (1872) IV. 5 (MED) He herde that his moder scholde die miserably.

a1500 Bernardus de Cura Rei Famuliaris 11 As he his howsalde sulde contene, And his famele miserabilly sustene.

1535 Bible (Coverdale) Micah ii. 10 Because off their Idolatry they are corrupte, and shall myserably perish.

1678 J. Bunyan Pilgrim's Progress (ed. 2) 2 And you my sweet babes, shall miserably come to ruine; except..some way of escape can be found, whereby we may be delivered.

1726 J. Swift Gulliver II. iii. iv. 59 In the mean time the whole Country lies miserably wast.

1753 Scots Mag. Feb. 100/1 Five were miserably scorched.

1782 W. Cowper Let. 18 Nov. (1981) II. 90 We promise however that none shall touch it, but such as are miserably poor.

a1822 P. B. Shelley tr. P. Calderon Scenes from Magico Prodigioso in Posthumous Poems (1824) 377 The melancholy form Of a great ship..Drives miserably!

1881 J. Russell Haigs of Bemersyde vii. 154 This unnatural strife..which had ended in her husband being thus miserably incarcerated.

1936 A. Ransome Pigeon Post xxxi. 336 She remembered miserably how everything had gone wrong, and how the furnace had been pulled to pieces.

1984 V. S. Naipaul Finding Centre ii. 47 He died miserably..three years later.

b. Pitiably, pathetically; deplorably; despicably, contemptibly. to fail miserably: to fail completely.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > condition of being held in contempt > [adverb]

hokerly?c1225

caitiflyc1425

contemptiblya1438

villainously1484

scabbedly1548

sneakishly1560

miserably1585

contemnedly1594

pitifully1601

dirtilya1631

worthlessly1637

mangilya1640

projectedly1660

despicablya1691

shabbily1755

unsolidly1755

worm-like1814

scrubbily1891

motherfucking1966

1585 R. Lane Let. 12 Aug. in Trans. & Coll. Amer. Antiquarian Soc. (1860) 4 12 The servytude and tyranny that by Spayene..the same [sc. the Church] hathe of long time beene most myserabelly oppressed with.

1592 tr. F. Du Jon Apocalypsis ix. 4 He miserably set all christendome on fire, and conveyed over unto his successors the burning brand of the same.

1650 in J. Stuart Extracts Presbytery Bk. Strathbogie (1843) 121 The kirk yeard is miserablie abused by the minister his horse and cattell teddering..ther.

1657 A. Wood Life & Times (1891) I. 216 The effigies..miserably defaced when Oxon was besieged.

1741 C. Middleton Hist. Life Cicero II. x. 414 Bassus was miserably unwilling to deliver up his Legion.

1806 S. Grildrig Miniature (ed. 2) II. 10 Whereas many young fellows..have..attempted to sustain the character of a Rum Touch, and have..failed most miserably, notice is hereby given [etc.].

1850 N. Hawthorne Scarlet Let. xx. 263 Sad, indeed, that an introspection so profound and acute as this poor minister's should be so miserably deceived!

1910 Encycl. Brit. I. 652/1 Two million sterling (50 million francs) were expended with a view to installing Parisian unemployed workmen as colonists, but this attempt failed miserably.

1992 Economist 7 Mar. 119/1 Most people have a gut feeling that American business is indeed miserably short-termist.

†a. So as to cause misery or distress; calamitously, disastrously. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > adversity > [adverb] > wretchedly or miserably > so as to cause misery

wretchedly1297

miserablya1538

a1538 T. Starkey Dial. Pole & Lupset (1989) 15 Some put in pryson & myserably handlyd.

1584 H. Llwyd & D. Powel Hist. Cambria 100 [They] set the cathedrall on fire, and..spoiled and burnt the towne miserablie.

1596 J. Dalrymple tr. J. Leslie Hist. Scotl. (1895) II. 300 The Jnglis men of weir..afflicted vs sair, and misaribilie.

1603 R. Knolles Gen. Hist. Turkes 59 [They] miserably and without resistance wasted the countrey about Emissa.

1728 J. Morgan Compl. Hist. Algiers I. ii. 227 He continued his Excursions, miserably ravaging all the Italian Coasts.

b. So as to make one feel wretched.

ΚΠ

1806 J. Beresford Miseries Human Life I. vi. 124 On the road—one of the wheels of your carriage beginning to creak miserably.

1909 L. M. Montgomery Anne of Avonlea vii. 67 He simply holds me in contempt and I don't mind confessing to you that it worries me miserably.

3. Meanly, meagrely; badly; very poorly or inadequately.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > importance > unimportance > [adverb] > in a paltry, mean, or contemptible manner

lowly1440

peltingly1555

meanlyc1561

miserablya1586

scurvily1616

mean1719

pettily1791

peddlingly1892

a1586 Sir P. Sidney Arcadia (1590) ii. xix. sig. Bb3^v The same loue makes me ashamed to bring you to a place, where you shalbe so..miserably entertained.

1719 D. Defoe Farther Adventures Robinson Crusoe 301 A Country infinitely populous, but miserably cultivated.

1840 T. B. Macaulay Ld. Clive in Ess. (1843) III. 113 The younger clerks were so miserably paid.

1845 C. Dickens Chimes iii. 118 The ragged visitor—for he was miserably dressed—looked round upon the company, and made his homage to them with a humble bow.

1865 Some Passages from Hist. Chomley Family in Fraser's Mag. Sept. 401/2 She had only one maid and one man servant, who acted as cook. And as she was solitary so also was she miserably accommodated.

1928 E. A. Walker Hist. S. Afr. 135 Only two petty kaptijns and their clans still held land; the rest..were either vagrants or miserably paid..farm-labourers.

1992 National Forum 1 Nov. 13/2 White flight..does not allow any of us, any race, to escape the calamitous results of stigmatizing minority children by relegating them to the most poorly financed and miserably staffed schools in the land.

†4. Covetously, in a mercenary fashion. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > possession > retaining > niggardliness or meanness > [adverb] > in miserly manner

wretchedly?a1513

miserably1611

1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues at Sordidement Basely, miserably, for (deere) lucres sake.

1736 R. Ainsworth Thes. Linguæ Latinæ Miserably (covetously), Avarè, illiberaliter.

5. As a pejorative intensifier. Cf. wretchedly adv. 4.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > quantity > greatness of quantity, amount, or degree > high or intense degree > [adverb] > specifically of something bad

sorea1300

wretchedly1546

miserably1715

1656 W. Sanderson Compl. Hist. Mary & James VI i. 251 Their Church thus settled, the king urges for a new Translation of the Bible, being miserably lamely done, disputing with them the Errors therein, as also their Prose.]

1715 A. Pope tr. Homer Iliad I. ii. 35 Sanson's Map..is miserably defective both in Omissions and false Placings.

1810 J. Foster Let. 7 Jan. in Life & Corr. J. Foster (1846) I. 415 The miserably deficient improvement of a life of which the best part is now gone.

1871 T. Carlyle in Mrs. Carlyle Lett. I. 392 She had a miserably bad sore throat.

1914 S. Lewis Our Mr. Wrenn viii. 108 Consider this arch. It's miserably out of drawing.

1988 A. Lurie Truth about Lorin Jones ii. 35 Already she was miserably sick of living alone.

6. U.S. regional. In predicative use: in a poor state (of development, health, etc.).

ΚΠ

1809 E. Cutler in Life & Times E. Cutler (1890) 92 Corn, hag, and crops generally, look very miserably wherever I have been.

1983 Publ. Amer. Dial. Soc. No. 70. 42 Have been feeling miserably all day.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	miserably
释义	miserablyadv. Brit. /ˈmɪz(ə)rəbli/, U.S. /ˈmɪzər(ə)bli/, /ˈmɪzrəbli/ Forms: late Middle English miserabiliche, late Middle English miserabilly, late Middle English myserablie, late Middle English–1600s myserably, late Middle English– miserably, 1500s miserablely, 1500s miserablye, 1500s myserabelly, 1500s–1600s miserablie, 1700s misarably; Scottish pre-1700 meserablye, pre-1700 misarably, pre-1700 misaribilie, pre-1700 miserabilie, pre-1700 miserabillie, pre-1700 miserabillye, pre-1700 miserable, pre-1700 miserablie, pre-1700 1700s– miserably. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: miserable adj., -ly suffix². Etymology: < miserable adj. + -ly suffix². 1. a. In a miserable manner, wretchedly; in a way or to an extent that awakens or deserves pity; in misery; in extreme unhappiness or discomfort. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > adversity > [adverb] > wretchedly or miserably un-i-sellyOE wretchedlyc1340 unhappily1390 miserably?a1425 lodderlyc1425 unluckily1530 miscreantly1744 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 > suffering > misery > [adverb] armlyeOE un-i-sellyOE wretchlikec1175 wretchlyc1175 unsellyc1275 wretchedlyc1340 woefullya1393 caitifly1393 miserably?a1425 lodderlyc1425 mischievously?a1439 sorrily1496 comfortlessly1852 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 > misery > [adverb] > so as to cause misery wretchedly1297 miseaselyc1330 miserably1535 desolatingly1888 ?a1425 tr. Catherine of Siena Orcherd of Syon (Harl.) (1966) 87 (MED) Þanne schal he myserably and wrechefully be poneschid. c1450 Alphabet of Tales (1904) I. 244 (MED) Þan come tythandis at þe pope was myserablie dead. ?a1475 (?a1425) tr. R. Higden Polychron. (Harl. 2261) (1872) IV. 5 (MED) He herde that his moder scholde die miserably. a1500 Bernardus de Cura Rei Famuliaris 11 As he his howsalde sulde contene, And his famele miserabilly sustene. 1535 Bible (Coverdale) Micah ii. 10 Because off their Idolatry they are corrupte, and shall myserably perish. 1678 J. Bunyan Pilgrim's Progress (ed. 2) 2 And you my sweet babes, shall miserably come to ruine; except..some way of escape can be found, whereby we may be delivered. 1726 J. Swift Gulliver II. iii. iv. 59 In the mean time the whole Country lies miserably wast. 1753 Scots Mag. Feb. 100/1 Five were miserably scorched. 1782 W. Cowper Let. 18 Nov. (1981) II. 90 We promise however that none shall touch it, but such as are miserably poor. a1822 P. B. Shelley tr. P. Calderon Scenes from Magico Prodigioso in Posthumous Poems (1824) 377 The melancholy form Of a great ship..Drives miserably! 1881 J. Russell Haigs of Bemersyde vii. 154 This unnatural strife..which had ended in her husband being thus miserably incarcerated. 1936 A. Ransome Pigeon Post xxxi. 336 She remembered miserably how everything had gone wrong, and how the furnace had been pulled to pieces. 1984 V. S. Naipaul Finding Centre ii. 47 He died miserably..three years later. b. Pitiably, pathetically; deplorably; despicably, contemptibly. to fail miserably: to fail completely. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > condition of being held in contempt > [adverb] hokerly?c1225 caitiflyc1425 contemptiblya1438 villainously1484 scabbedly1548 sneakishly1560 miserably1585 contemnedly1594 pitifully1601 dirtilya1631 worthlessly1637 mangilya1640 projectedly1660 despicablya1691 shabbily1755 unsolidly1755 worm-like1814 scrubbily1891 motherfucking1966 1585 R. Lane Let. 12 Aug. in Trans. & Coll. Amer. Antiquarian Soc. (1860) 4 12 The servytude and tyranny that by Spayene..the same [sc. the Church] hathe of long time beene most myserabelly oppressed with. 1592 tr. F. Du Jon Apocalypsis ix. 4 He miserably set all christendome on fire, and conveyed over unto his successors the burning brand of the same. 1650 in J. Stuart Extracts Presbytery Bk. Strathbogie (1843) 121 The kirk yeard is miserablie abused by the minister his horse and cattell teddering..ther. 1657 A. Wood Life & Times (1891) I. 216 The effigies..miserably defaced when Oxon was besieged. 1741 C. Middleton Hist. Life Cicero II. x. 414 Bassus was miserably unwilling to deliver up his Legion. 1806 S. Grildrig Miniature (ed. 2) II. 10 Whereas many young fellows..have..attempted to sustain the character of a Rum Touch, and have..failed most miserably, notice is hereby given [etc.]. 1850 N. Hawthorne Scarlet Let. xx. 263 Sad, indeed, that an introspection so profound and acute as this poor minister's should be so miserably deceived! 1910 Encycl. Brit. I. 652/1 Two million sterling (50 million francs) were expended with a view to installing Parisian unemployed workmen as colonists, but this attempt failed miserably. 1992 Economist 7 Mar. 119/1 Most people have a gut feeling that American business is indeed miserably short-termist. 2. †a. So as to cause misery or distress; calamitously, disastrously. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > adversity > [adverb] > wretchedly or miserably > so as to cause misery wretchedly1297 miserablya1538 a1538 T. Starkey Dial. Pole & Lupset (1989) 15 Some put in pryson & myserably handlyd. 1584 H. Llwyd & D. Powel Hist. Cambria 100 [They] set the cathedrall on fire, and..spoiled and burnt the towne miserablie. 1596 J. Dalrymple tr. J. Leslie Hist. Scotl. (1895) II. 300 The Jnglis men of weir..afflicted vs sair, and misaribilie. 1603 R. Knolles Gen. Hist. Turkes 59 [They] miserably and without resistance wasted the countrey about Emissa. 1728 J. Morgan Compl. Hist. Algiers I. ii. 227 He continued his Excursions, miserably ravaging all the Italian Coasts. b. So as to make one feel wretched. ΚΠ 1806 J. Beresford Miseries Human Life I. vi. 124 On the road—one of the wheels of your carriage beginning to creak miserably. 1909 L. M. Montgomery Anne of Avonlea vii. 67 He simply holds me in contempt and I don't mind confessing to you that it worries me miserably. 3. Meanly, meagrely; badly; very poorly or inadequately. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > importance > unimportance > [adverb] > in a paltry, mean, or contemptible manner lowly1440 peltingly1555 meanlyc1561 miserablya1586 scurvily1616 mean1719 pettily1791 peddlingly1892 a1586 Sir P. Sidney Arcadia (1590) ii. xix. sig. Bb3^v The same loue makes me ashamed to bring you to a place, where you shalbe so..miserably entertained. 1719 D. Defoe Farther Adventures Robinson Crusoe 301 A Country infinitely populous, but miserably cultivated. 1840 T. B. Macaulay Ld. Clive in Ess. (1843) III. 113 The younger clerks were so miserably paid. 1845 C. Dickens Chimes iii. 118 The ragged visitor—for he was miserably dressed—looked round upon the company, and made his homage to them with a humble bow. 1865 Some Passages from Hist. Chomley Family in Fraser's Mag. Sept. 401/2 She had only one maid and one man servant, who acted as cook. And as she was solitary so also was she miserably accommodated. 1928 E. A. Walker Hist. S. Afr. 135 Only two petty kaptijns and their clans still held land; the rest..were either vagrants or miserably paid..farm-labourers. 1992 National Forum 1 Nov. 13/2 White flight..does not allow any of us, any race, to escape the calamitous results of stigmatizing minority children by relegating them to the most poorly financed and miserably staffed schools in the land. †4. Covetously, in a mercenary fashion. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > retaining > niggardliness or meanness > [adverb] > in miserly manner wretchedly?a1513 miserably1611 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues at Sordidement Basely, miserably, for (deere) lucres sake. 1736 R. Ainsworth Thes. Linguæ Latinæ Miserably (covetously), Avarè, illiberaliter. 5. As a pejorative intensifier. Cf. wretchedly adv. 4. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > quantity > greatness of quantity, amount, or degree > high or intense degree > [adverb] > specifically of something bad sorea1300 wretchedly1546 miserably1715 1656 W. Sanderson Compl. Hist. Mary & James VI i. 251 Their Church thus settled, the king urges for a new Translation of the Bible, being miserably lamely done, disputing with them the Errors therein, as also their Prose.] 1715 A. Pope tr. Homer Iliad I. ii. 35 Sanson's Map..is miserably defective both in Omissions and false Placings. 1810 J. Foster Let. 7 Jan. in Life & Corr. J. Foster (1846) I. 415 The miserably deficient improvement of a life of which the best part is now gone. 1871 T. Carlyle in Mrs. Carlyle Lett. I. 392 She had a miserably bad sore throat. 1914 S. Lewis Our Mr. Wrenn viii. 108 Consider this arch. It's miserably out of drawing. 1988 A. Lurie Truth about Lorin Jones ii. 35 Already she was miserably sick of living alone. 6. U.S. regional. In predicative use: in a poor state (of development, health, etc.). ΚΠ 1809 E. Cutler in Life & Times E. Cutler (1890) 92 Corn, hag, and crops generally, look very miserably wherever I have been. 1983 Publ. Amer. Dial. Soc. No. 70. 42 Have been feeling miserably all day. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adv.?a1425
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