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Definition of Deplorably
1. Adverb. In an unfortunate or deplorable manner. "It was woefully inadequate"
Definition of Deplorably
1. adv. In a deplorable manner.
Definition of Deplorably
1. Adverb. in a deplorable manner ¹
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Definition of Deplorably
1. [adv]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Deplorably
Literary usage of Deplorably
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Annual Register, Or, A View of the History, Politics, and Literature for by Edmund Burke, Benjamin Franklin Collection (Library of Congress), John Davis Batchelder Collection (Library of Congress) (1811)
"The British Ministry deplorably ignorant both of the French Force in Spain, and
the real State ofthat Country.—The French concentrated behind the Ebro. ..."
2. The Literary Diary of Ezra Stiles: Ed. Under the Authority of the by Ezra Stiles (1901)
"A very severe Drought—the cornfields look deplorably—the Indian Corn half cut
off—no feed for the Cattle. I have kept my horse & cow on hay for three ..."
3. William George Ward and the Catholic Revival by Wilfrid Philip Ward (1893)
"... is so deplorably inadequate. Can you tell me what books, if there are such,
will give me the best and most trustworthy information ? ..."
4. A biographical dictionary of eminent Scotsmen by Robert Chambers, Thomas Thomson (1853)
"... deplorably corrupted ; and, though a husband and a father, poor Burns did not
escape suffering by the general contamination.1 In the intervals between ..."
5. Historic and Monumental Rome: A Handbook for the Students of Classical and by Charles Isidore Hemans (1874)
"The S. Angelo church was built so as deplorably to dis- * He caused to be painted
on an inner wall of this church an allegoric picture designed to represent ..."
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