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Webster 1913 Edition


Wretchedly

Wretch′ed-ly

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adv.
In a wretched manner; miserably; despicable.

Webster 1828 Edition


Wretchedly

WRETCHEDLY

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adv.
1.
Most miserably; very poorly. The prisoners were wretchedly lodged.
2.
Unhappily; as two wars wretchedly entered upon.
3.
Meanly; despicable; as a discourse wretchedly delivered.

Definition 2024


wretchedly

wretchedly

English

Adverb

wretchedly (comparative more wretchedly, superlative most wretchedly)

  1. In a wretched manner.
    • 2006, Wilkie Collins, The Moonstone, ICON Group International, Inc., page 157
      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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