bitterlyadv.
/ˈbɪtəli/, U.S. /ˈbɪdərli/ In a bitter manner; with bitterness. (See the senses of bitter adj.)
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the world > health and disease > ill health > pain > [adverb]
bitterlyc1000
sorec1290
uneasilyc1290
pinouslyc1429
painfullyc1440
dolorouslya1500
asperously1547
sensibly1613
afflictively1629
the mind > goodness and badness > harmfulness > savagery > [adverb]
grimc893
sternlyc897
bremeOE
bitterlyc1000
etelichec1175
heterlya1225
felonly1303
asperlyc1314
fellc1330
fellyc1330
cruentlyc1380
beastlyc1390
unmanlyc1454
felonmentc1470
cruelly1487
inhumanly1490
unkindfully?1534
boarishlya1563
savagely1563
tiger-like1576
unhumanly1586
inhumanlike1595
inhumanely1598
immanely1612
savagiously1625
wolvishly1628
beastlilya1631
brutisha1645
truculently1654
tigerously1698
brutally1749
tigerishly1878
the mind > emotion > suffering > mental anguish or torment > bitterness of heart > [adverb]
bitterlyc1000
savouringly1647
bitter1824
the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > unkindness > bitterness > [adverb]
bitterlyc1000
hatelyOE
mortallyc1390
rancorously?c1663
the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disapproval > reproach > [adverb] > bitterly
bitterlyc1000
the mind > emotion > suffering > mental anguish or torment > bitterness of heart > [adverb] > in manner attended with bitter suffering
bitter971
bitterlyc1000
bitinglyc1374
atterlichec1400
grillc1400
the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > ill-treatment > cruelty > [adverb]
heterlya1225
cruellya1340
despitouslyc1374
cruentlyc1380
harageouslyc1450
despitefully1487
despiteouslya1500
beastly?1518
butcherly?1560
savagely1563
bitterly1611
despitely1619
savagiously1625
the mind > emotion > hatred > loathing or detestation > [adverb]
loathlyc1400
foulily1489
loathingly1606
detestedly1836
bitterly1849
c1000 West Saxon Gospels: Matt. (Corpus Cambr.) xxvi. 75 Petrus..eode ut, and weop biterlice [v.r. bytyrlice].
?c1200 Ormulum (Burchfield transcript) l. 9726 Forr þi toc iohan wiþþ hemm. Full bitterrliȝ to mælenn.
c1275 Serving Christ 56 in Old Eng. Misc. 92 Hwo ysayh euer blisse byterluker ibouht.
a1325 (c1250) Gen. & Exod. (1968) l. 3896 Hem cam wirm-kin among, Ðat hem wel bitterlike stong.
c1400 Gamelyn 198 And bigan bitterly his hondes for to wrynge.
c1440 Bone Flor. 1628 A scharpe knyfe..That bytterly wolde byte.
1597 Shakespeare Richard II i. iv. 7 The Northeast winde, Which then blew bitterly against our faces. View more context for this quotation
1611 Bible (King James) Ruth i. 20 For the Almightie hath dealt very bitterly with me. View more context for this quotation
1709 J. Addison Tatler No. 152. ⁋12 Achilles is not more bitterly lamented among us than you.
1849 G. Grote Hist. Greece V. ii. xlv. 466 Exiles..bitterly hostile to Athens.
1856 J. A. Froude Hist. Eng. (1858) i. iii. 265 He complained bitterly of the Italians.
1866 Trollope Belton Estate II. xi. 299 It came on to rain bitterly,—a cold piercing February rain.
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