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deˈplorably, adv. [f. as prec. + -ly2.] In a deplorable manner, or to a deplorable degree; lamentably, miserably, wretchedly.
1653H. More Antid. Ath. iii. xiv. (1712) 130 If he be not desperately wicked or deplorably miserable. 1782V. Knox Ess. 134 (R.) Editions of Greek and Latin classics..deplorably incorrect. 1878Lecky Eng. in 18th C. II. viii. 452 The defences had been so deplorably neglected. |