wretchedly

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for wretchedly
Adverb
  • The Sabres didn’t play quite as poorly as that 4-0 score indicates.
    Matthew Fairburn, New York Times, 10 Oct. 2025
  • The other people Ye tries to big-foot into indulging his perverse Peter Pan complex fare more poorly.
    Derek Robertson, The Washington Examiner, 10 Oct. 2025
Adverb
  • Fede knows the truth, but Roberto doesn’t, and Fede has held that over Antonio ever since, with Antonio bitterly blaming himself for his wife’s death.
    Dave Nemetz, TVLine, 12 Oct. 2025
  • Both the city of Chicago and the state of Illinois bitterly oppose the move and have launched legal action in a bid to block it.
    James Bickerton, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Oct. 2025
Adverb
  • Remember, too much of a good thing can turn bad quickly!
    Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 3 Apr. 2024
  • That started off bad and got better.
    Vulture, Vulture, 21 Feb. 2023
Adverb
  • The Kansas City Chiefs entered Week 6 badly needing a statement win on Sunday Night Football against the Detroit Lions.
    Evan Massey, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 Oct. 2025
  • For now, at least, Matlock season two seems to want very badly to be Matlock season one.
    Noel Murray, Vulture, 13 Oct. 2025
Adverb
  • It was sadly demolished in 1980 to make way for a parking lot, but its legacy lives on in the new club.
    Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 14 Oct. 2025
  • Ella’s story is touching yet sadly not unique.
    Alice Gibbs, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 Oct. 2025
Adverb
  • That’s especially true, painfully so, for recent college graduates.
    Phil Blair, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Oct. 2025
  • That’s another high hurdle, because the ACA credits split Republicans painfully.
    Burgess Everett, semafor.com, 9 Oct. 2025
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“Wretchedly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wretchedly. Accessed 18 Oct. 2025.

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