Miserably
Miserably adverb - In a miserable manner.
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Synonyms for Miserably
Poorly and miserably are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Poorly" instead an adverb "Miserably".
Nearby Word: miserable
Poorly
Poorly adverb - In an unsatisfactory way.
Usage example: he tends to perform poorly on standardized tests
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Related pairs
- badly and miserably
- badly and poorly
- awfully and miserably
- awfully and poorly
- inadequately and miserably
- inadequately and poorly
- atrociously and miserably
- atrociously and poorly
- terribly and miserably
- terribly and poorly
- abominably and miserably
- abominably and poorly
- abjectly and miserably
- abjectly and poorly
Both words in one sentence
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Unmaintained and poorly maintained BattleTech technology tends to fail miserably when pushed into combat.
Source: Ragnarok-Proofing -
If the player fares poorly, it remains a subversion, as Ken fails miserably whenever called upon to use his "ninja powers".
Source: Ninja - They will immediately try to make something to compete — and most of the time it will fail miserably, because it was rushed or just implemented poorly.
Source: They Copied It, So It Sucks
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