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wretchedly

adverb

  1. miserably (with great misery/discomfort/distress/unhappiness)
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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ˈɹɛt͡ʃədli/ / /ˈɹɛt͡ʃɪdli/

adv

Etymology: From Middle English wrecchedly; equivalent to wretched + -ly.

  1. In a wretched manner.

    Tell my page to ask him to walk with you, for you look wretchedly, and to be sure you have been on your knees a long time rubbing that foot, I must say.

    I felt wretchedly old, and worn out, and unfit for my place—and began to wonder, for the first time in my life, when it would please God to take me.

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