as in sorrowfully
with feelings of bitterness or grief
cried bitterly after her grandmother died
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Recent Examples of bitterly
Another cold front bringing bitterly cold temperatures is expected to hit the Dallas-Fort Worth area this weekend, and temperatures could plunge into the teens Saturday morning with a potential for wind chill in the single-digits, according to Prater.
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Harriet Ramos, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 27 Jan. 2026
After a winter storm covered the commonwealth in snow and ice, much of Kentucky will face bitterly cold temperatures throughout the week, according to the latest forecast from the National Weather Service in Louisville.
—Caroline Neal, Louisville Courier Journal, 27 Jan. 2026
The forecast trends bitterly cold through the week Wednesday begins with temperatures between 8° and 12° across the immediate metro.
—Cutter Martin, CBS News, 27 Jan. 2026
Widespread power outages Hundreds of thousands of homes and businesses remained without power as bitterly cold temperatures impacted much of the country on Tuesday.
—Thao Nguyen, USA Today, 27 Jan. 2026
The upcoming week will see bitterly cold temperatures, according to NWS Indianapolis.
—Jade Jackson, IndyStar, 26 Jan. 2026
When unstable, the polar vortex can cause the jet stream — a band of strong wind that generally travels from west to east and acts as a boundary between cold, polar air and warmer air farther south — to buckle, sending bitterly cold air from the Arctic southward into North America.
—Adriana Pérez, Chicago Tribune, 25 Jan. 2026
Forecasters warn the weather system could bring catastrophic damage, widespread power outages and bitterly cold weather.
—John Raby, Twin Cities, 23 Jan. 2026
In Atlanta, Eliacar Diego spent a night under a bridge and planned to find one of the warming centers that the city opens during bitterly cold weather.
—Emilie Hawtin, Fortune, 23 Jan. 2026
Harriet Ramos, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 27 Jan. 2026
After a winter storm covered the commonwealth in snow and ice, much of Kentucky will face bitterly cold temperatures throughout the week, according to the latest forecast from the National Weather Service in Louisville.
—Caroline Neal, Louisville Courier Journal, 27 Jan. 2026
The forecast trends bitterly cold through the week Wednesday begins with temperatures between 8° and 12° across the immediate metro.
—Cutter Martin, CBS News, 27 Jan. 2026
Widespread power outages Hundreds of thousands of homes and businesses remained without power as bitterly cold temperatures impacted much of the country on Tuesday.
—Thao Nguyen, USA Today, 27 Jan. 2026
The upcoming week will see bitterly cold temperatures, according to NWS Indianapolis.
—Jade Jackson, IndyStar, 26 Jan. 2026
When unstable, the polar vortex can cause the jet stream — a band of strong wind that generally travels from west to east and acts as a boundary between cold, polar air and warmer air farther south — to buckle, sending bitterly cold air from the Arctic southward into North America.
—Adriana Pérez, Chicago Tribune, 25 Jan. 2026
Forecasters warn the weather system could bring catastrophic damage, widespread power outages and bitterly cold weather.
—John Raby, Twin Cities, 23 Jan. 2026
In Atlanta, Eliacar Diego spent a night under a bridge and planned to find one of the warming centers that the city opens during bitterly cold weather.
—Emilie Hawtin, Fortune, 23 Jan. 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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This should be, but sadly will probably not be, the line that shouldn’t have been crossed.—
Voice of the People,
New York Daily News,
7 Jan. 2026
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Discovering the chemicals responsible for smoke taint is, sadly, only half the battle.—
Nicola Twilley,
New Yorker,
5 Jan. 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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Ludo Lefebvre echoed the urgency, pointing to the painfully deliberate pace of the recovery.—
Michelle Edgar,
Daily News,
27 Jan. 2026
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One of those situations was painfully basic.—
C.J. Holmes,
New York Daily News,
25 Jan. 2026
Adverb
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Graham, in particular, has been on a war path over the negotiations, accusing Republicans of not fighting hard enough to reclaim the narrative on immigration after the death of Alex Pretti last weekend.—
David Sivak,
The Washington Examiner,
31 Jan. 2026
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County Supervisor Lindsey Horvath hit back hard, telling Bass on X that the county created the new agency because the existing one — which is partly overseen by Bass appointees — was incapable of tracking its spending.—
David Zahniser,
Los Angeles Times,
31 Jan. 2026
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“Bitterly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bitterly. Accessed 2 Feb. 2026.
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