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wretchedly, adv.|ˈrɛtʃɪdlɪ|
[f. as prec. + -ly2.]
In a wretched manner.
1. In a miserable or unhappy fashion; with great misery, discomfort, distress, or unhappiness; miserably.
a1300Cursor M. 9459 Quen he sa wrechedli had tint His heritage. c1340Hampole Pr. Consc. 842 Þus wrechedly endes þe lyf of man. c1400Mandeville (1839) xxiii. 251 Thei lyven fulle wrecched-liche; and thei eten but ones in the day. c1410Lanterne of Liȝt 51 Art þou not þanne wrechidli diuidid in þi silf? c1450Myrr. our Ladye 5 Adam..fel so wretchydly in to synne. 1538Starkey England 74 For lake therof [sc. food] many..lyue veray wrechydly. 1562J. Heywood Prov. & Epigr. (1867) 82 Tyll death from this lyfe, did hir wretchedly fetche. 1652Benlowes Theoph. i. lxxxvi, Crest-fall'n by sin, how wretchedly I stray. a1667Cowley Ess., Liberty ⁋7 Thus wretchedly the precious day is lost. 1765Museum Rust. IV. 403 It is our lots to be so wretchedly situated..as to be content with forty shillings per cow per annum, nett profit. 1817Byron Manfred ii. i. 77, I can bear—However wretchedly..—In life what others could not brook to dream. 1867Morris Jason ix. 76 This body..In thy despite here mangled wretchedly. 1868Freeman Norm. Conq. (1877) II. viii. 187 Arnulf..drove him out to die wretchedly in exile.
b. In a way suggestive of indisposition or bad health.
1728Young Love of Fame vi. 232 Methinks I look so wretchedly to-day! 1797Jane Austen Sense & Sens. xxx, Though looking most wretchedly, she ate more.
2. So as to cause, or involve in, misery, distress, or discomfort.
1297R. Glouc. (Rolls) 5049 Þe wreche..Þat þus wrecched⁓liche vs drifþ out of vre kunde londe. c1450Myrr. our Ladye ii. 190 Wretchedly caste oute from the glory of paradyse. a1548Hall Chron., Edw. IV, 223 b, The hepyng of synne vpon synne, wretchedly by his aunceters. a1700Evelyn Diary 8 July 1656, A faire towne, but now wretchedly demolished by the late siege. 1828–32Webster s.v., The prisoners were wretchedly lodged.
†3. Sc. In a miserly or niggardly manner. Obs.
1500–20Dunbar Poems xvi. 21 Sum gevis to littill full wretchitly, That his giftis ar not set by.
4. Qualifying adjs. (or advs.): To a distressing, vexing, or unsatisfactory degree; deplorably, very badly; = miserably adv. 5.
In the trivial use frequent from c 1830.
1546Bale Eng. Votaries i. 76 They are wretchedlye blynde, for want of lyuelye knowlege in the sacred scriptures. a1677Barrow Serm. xix. Wks. 1686 III. 219 Sloth is a base quality, the argument of a mind wretchedly degenerate and mean. 1696Stanhope Chr. Pattern i. iii. (1700) 8 Both Error and Vice do..so wretchedly abound. a1700Evelyn Diary 23 July 1679, The land all about wretchedly barren. 1810Lady Granville Lett. (1894) I. 4 Miss Berry..looking wretchedly ill. 1830Greville Mem. 5 Feb. (1875) I. 275 They are wretchedly off for speakers. 1858Dickens Lett. (1880) II. 65 You will find it a wretchedly stupid letter. 1879McCarthy Own Times xxvii. II. 306 The hospitals were in a wretchedly disorganised condition.
5. In an inexpert, unsatisfactory, or crude manner; inefficiently, unskilfully, very poorly.
1677Miége Fr. Dict. ii. s.v., To do a thing wretchedly,..faire mal quelque chose. a1700Evelyn Diary 8 July 1656, A statue of Coilus in wood, wretchedly carved. 1719De Foe Crusoe i. (Globe) 136, I made me a Suit of Cloaths wholly of these Skins;..they were wretchedly made. 1757[Burke] Europ. Settlem. Amer. vii. xxvii. II. 269 The capital..was a small place wretchedly fortified. 1778E. Harwood Eds. Classics (ed. 2) 59 This Edition wretchedly reprinted, Francof. 1690. 1856Kane Arct. Expl. I. xxvi. 349 We are wretchedly prepared for another winter on board. 1881M. E. Braddon Asph. II. 16 Lina, dearest,..you were playing [billiards] almost as wretchedly as I. |