-blē, -li adverb
Etymology: Middle English, from miserable (I) + -ly
1. : in a miserable manner : uncomfortably , unhappily : wretchedly
conscious that her feet were miserably wet — J.C.Powys
miserably eking out his existence as a hack writer — R.A.Hall b.1911
2. : meanly , poorly
men so miserably paid — Kenneth Roberts
well fed but miserably housed
3. : in a deplorable manner or to a deplorable extent : pitiably
tried so hard and often failed so miserably to bring order out of financial chaos — Current Biography
miserably deluded by what they take to be realism — W.L.Sullivan