deplorably

Definition of deplorablynext

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Adverb
  • While there are plenty of moments of necessary humor in the story, with Marquis flexing her knack for comic timing, other moments are terribly uncomfortable to grasp.
    David John Chávez, Mercury News, 29 May 2026
  • The finish is dry and not terribly long.
    David Thomas Tao, Forbes.com, 28 May 2026
Adverb
  • But things went horribly wrong when the actor started choking on what was meant to be her instrument of temptation.
    Skyler Trepel, Entertainment Weekly, 30 May 2026
  • Many more were horribly injured.
    Kurt Snibbe, Oc Register, 29 May 2026
Adverb
  • Especially early in its career, Hum was dreadfully misclassified as just another soft-to-loud/Smashing Pumpkins and Nirvana wannabe, and remained criminally under-appreciated for its heavy/stoner-friendly Midwestern shoegaze vibes long after its breakup.
    Jonathan Cohen, SPIN, 16 May 2026
  • More than anything, this documentary is dreadfully dull.
    Zack Sharf, Variety, 11 Mar. 2026
Adverb
  • There is something awfully likable about this team, mostly its refusal to quit.
    John Shipley, Twin Cities, 22 May 2026
  • Quatraro’s comment about not having 25 major-league quality players floating around may sound awfully familiar to Royals fans.
    Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 22 May 2026
Adverb
  • In practice, this meant that the state set abysmally low standards for what students should learn to advance and graduate.
    Rachel Canter, The Atlantic, 9 Apr. 2026
  • Reports on abysmally low rates of recycling for milk cartons and polystyrene had been widely shared even before that.
    Susanne Rust Follow, Los Angeles Times, 18 Mar. 2026
Adverb
  • For a group of girls who wanted nothing more than to become doting wives and smiling mothers, the year could not have gone more disastrously.
    Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 27 May 2026
  • The growth of extremes, if unchecked, could lead to the kind of politics that disastrously poisoned the 1930s.
    Steve Forbes, Forbes.com, 26 May 2026
Adverb
  • Their front office scoffs at prospect rankings, where the Angels rate poorly.
    Bill Shaikin, Los Angeles Times, 4 June 2026
  • Authorities allege the operation was unsafe and poorly managed.
    Abby Dodge, CBS News, 4 June 2026
Adverb
  • Of all the horrendous nonsense we were forced to entertain this spring, none of it was more horrendously nonsensical than the idea of people vibe-coding their own cybersecurity solutions.
    Josh Brown,Sean Russo, CNBC, 18 May 2026
  • This way, the white people are exposed treating the Indigenous people horrendously — putting clothes on them, taking pictures without permission and treating them without respect.
    Murtada Elfadl, Variety, 18 Mar. 2026
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“Deplorably.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/deplorably. Accessed 6 Jun. 2026.

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