miserably

adverb

mis·​er·​a·​bly -blē 

-li

1

: in a miserable manner : uncomfortably, unhappily, wretchedly

conscious that her feet were miserably wet

—J. C. Powys

miserably eking out his existence as a hack writer

—R. A. Hall, born 1911

2

: meanly, poorly

men so miserably paid

—Kenneth Roberts

well fed but miserably housed

3

: in a deplorable manner or to a deplorable extent : pitiably

tried so hard and often failed so miserably to bring order out of financial chaos

—Current Biography

miserably deluded by what they take to be realism

—W. L. Sullivan

Word History

Etymology

Middle English, from miserable entry 1 + -ly

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