miseramente

Italian

Etymology

Derived from misero, from Latin miserum, accusative form of miser.
Surface analysis: misera (unhappy”, “bleak) + -mente (-ly, adverbial derivational suffix)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mizeraˈmente/, [mi.z̪e.r̺äˈme̞n̪.t̪e]
  • Rhymes: -ente
  • Hyphenation: mi‧se‧ra‧men‧te

Adverb

miseramente

  1. miserably, wretchedly, pitifully
    • 1472, Dante Alighieri, La divina commedia: Inferno, Le Monnier (1994), Canto XIV, pp. 210, vv. 19-20:
      D'anime nude vidi molte gregge ¶ che piangean tutte assai miseramente, [...]
      Of naked souls beheld I many herds ¶ who all were weeping very miserably, [...]
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