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Definition of Lamentably
1. Adverb. In an unfortunate or deplorable manner. "It was woefully inadequate"
Definition of Lamentably
1. Adverb. Regrettably. In a manner deserving or inspiring lamentation. ¹
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Definition of Lamentably
1. [adv]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Lamentably
Literary usage of Lamentably
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Tracts and Other Papers Relating Principally to the Origin, Settlement, and by Peter Force (1844)
"... WILLING To help Mend his Native Country, lamentably tattered, both in the
upper-Leather and sole, with all the honest stitches he can take. ..."
2. The Literary Diary of Ezra Stiles: Ed. Under the Authority of the by Ezra Stiles (1901)
"Here the Eny threw overboard a large Chest of MSS. now lamentably & irrecoverably
lost ! A Treasure of great Value 1 29. Visited Rev. ..."
3. A Treatise on the Law of Executors and Administrators by Edward Vaughan Williams, Roland Lomax Vaughan Williams, Joseph Fitz Randolph, William Talcott (1895)
"... was a blank space between the conclusion of the will and the signature of the
testator, a lamentably large number of points and decisions occurred. ..."
4. Memoirs of the Court of England, from the Revolution in 1688 to the Death of by John Heneage Jesse (1846)
"His education lamentably neglected.—Curious instances of his ignorance of
orthography.—His father procures his appointment as Page to the Duke of York. ..."
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