wretchedly

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

WRETCHEDLY, adverb 1. Most miserably; very poorly. The prisoners were wretchedly lodged. 2. Unhappily; as two wars wretchedly entered upon. 3. Meanly; despicable; as a discourse wretchedly delivered.
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