miserably Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. adverb in a miserable manner
    • I bit my lip miserably and nodded

WordNet

Mis"er*a*bly adverb
Definitions
  1. In a miserable; unhappily; calamitously; wretchedly; meanly.
    They were miserably entertained. Sir P. Sidney.
    The fifth was miserably stabbed to death. South.

Webster 1913