as in sorrowfully
with feelings of bitterness or grief
cried bitterly after her grandmother died
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Recent Examples of bitterly
The play unfolds as a series of battles, where the unaccomplished George and the bitterly disappointed Martha exchange vicious and demeaning insults, using Nick and Honey as the unsuspecting pawns in their war for supremacy.
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Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Mar. 2026
East Coast finally welcomes the warmth The East Coast is finally seeing some warm weather after a bitterly cold winter.
—Kathryn Prociv, NBC news, 9 Mar. 2026
Issa bitterly but regretfully prepares for the inevitable showdown.
—Richard Brody, New Yorker, 6 Mar. 2026
Hannah is not the first to bitterly criticize the show and accuse producers, especially executive producer Ryan Murphy, of profiting off the Kennedy family’s tragic past in an unseemly way.
—Jocelyn Noveck, Twin Cities, 6 Mar. 2026
Behind the front, bitterly cold Arctic air filters back into the area.
—Andrew Kozak, CBS News, 1 Mar. 2026
Since October last year, Russia has intensified its drone and missile attacks on the Ukrainian energy system, knocking out electricity and heat and plunging millions of Ukrainians into long blackouts during bitterly cold winter temperatures.
—CNN Money, 21 Feb. 2026
In Alchevsk, a city in the Luhansk region, over half the homes have been without heat for two bitterly cold months.
—Yuras Karmanau, Los Angeles Times, 20 Feb. 2026
The roughly 4,200 nurses at NewYork-Presbyterian had picketed during bitterly cold temperatures in what their union said was the largest and longest nurse walkout in the city’s history.
—Philip Marcelo, Fortune, 20 Feb. 2026
Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Mar. 2026
East Coast finally welcomes the warmth The East Coast is finally seeing some warm weather after a bitterly cold winter.
—Kathryn Prociv, NBC news, 9 Mar. 2026
Issa bitterly but regretfully prepares for the inevitable showdown.
—Richard Brody, New Yorker, 6 Mar. 2026
Hannah is not the first to bitterly criticize the show and accuse producers, especially executive producer Ryan Murphy, of profiting off the Kennedy family’s tragic past in an unseemly way.
—Jocelyn Noveck, Twin Cities, 6 Mar. 2026
Behind the front, bitterly cold Arctic air filters back into the area.
—Andrew Kozak, CBS News, 1 Mar. 2026
Since October last year, Russia has intensified its drone and missile attacks on the Ukrainian energy system, knocking out electricity and heat and plunging millions of Ukrainians into long blackouts during bitterly cold winter temperatures.
—CNN Money, 21 Feb. 2026
In Alchevsk, a city in the Luhansk region, over half the homes have been without heat for two bitterly cold months.
—Yuras Karmanau, Los Angeles Times, 20 Feb. 2026
The roughly 4,200 nurses at NewYork-Presbyterian had picketed during bitterly cold temperatures in what their union said was the largest and longest nurse walkout in the city’s history.
—Philip Marcelo, Fortune, 20 Feb. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for bitterly
Adverb
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Tarun would tease her, and my mother would look sorrowfully toward Kavitha, as if the two of them now shared some womanly burden.—
Madhuri Vijay,
New Yorker,
16 Nov. 2025
Adverb
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Western civilization has created incredible innovation and achievements, while sadly slavery and colonialism will always be a part of history.—
U T Readers,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
8 Mar. 2026
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Short term, the answer is, sadly, yes.—
Jim Cramer,
CNBC,
8 Mar. 2026
Adverb
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For their part, Democratic leaders spoke mournfully of limits, of energy shortages, of national decline, of a crisis of confidence itself.—
Rosa Lyster,
Harpers Magazine,
30 Dec. 2025
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Based on the Dylan Thomas prose poem of the same name, published in 1952, the film lovingly and mournfully depicts the boyhood Christmastime of an old Welshman, tenderly and a tad mischievously embodied by Elliott.—
Sheldon Pearce,
New Yorker,
21 Nov. 2025
Adverb
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The hug is so painfully welcome.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
9 Mar. 2026
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Progress has been painfully slow, stalled by gaps in technical knowledge, cost overruns and the extreme caution required to deal with an unprecedented accident of such magnitude.—
Yusuke Maekawa,
Bloomberg,
8 Mar. 2026
Adverb
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Dallas Lincoln's Jada Patterson (24) drives hard to the basket during first quarter action against Fredericksburg.—
Dallas Morning News,
Dallas Morning News,
7 Mar. 2026
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Sustaining success is assuredly much harder.—
Eddie Brown,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
7 Mar. 2026
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“Bitterly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bitterly. Accessed 14 Mar. 2026.
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