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Antonyms for lamentably


Grammar : Adv
Spell : luh-men-tuh-buh l, lam-uh n-tuh-
Phonetic Transcription : ləˈmɛn tə bəl, ˈlæm ən tə-



Definition of lamentably

Origin :
  • c.1400, from Middle French lamentable and directly from Latin lamentabilis "full of sorrow, mournful, lamentable," from lamentari "to lament" (see lamentation). Related: Lamentably.
  • As in unfortunately : adv unluckily
  • As in unhappily : adv regrettably
Example sentences :
  • The minister was weakening most lamentably, giving her husband a loophole to escape.
  • Extract from : « Thoroughbreds » by W. A. Fraser
  • It was lamentably weak, far from the hot expressions which she forced it to replace.
  • Extract from : « Mistress Wilding » by Rafael Sabatini
  • If you only knew how lamentably we are off for pretty people, you 'd pity us.
  • Extract from : « A Day's Ride » by Charles James Lever
  • "Oh, there is nothing to grieve on," said he, mistaking me most lamentably.
  • Extract from : « John Splendid » by Neil Munro
  • Sometimes he would do excellently, and again he would "fall down" lamentably.
  • Extract from : « Baseball Joe in the Big League » by Lester Chadwick
  • They were lamentably destitute of arms and munitions of war.
  • Extract from : « The Naval History of the United States » by Willis J. Abbot.
  • His idea of horror and of what excites horror is so lamentably deficient.
  • Extract from : « Masterpieces of Mystery In Four Volumes » by Various
  • This is lamentably true, but there is no good reason why it should be so.
  • Extract from : « How to Become Rich » by William Windsor
  • He could not explain it, but he was lamentably weak and miserable.
  • Extract from : « Second Book of Tales » by Eugene Field
  • All testimony proves that the fact was lamentably the reverse.
  • Extract from : « Athens: Its Rise and Fall, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton

Synonyms for lamentably

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