calamitously

calamitously
In a calamitous manner.

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  • calamitously — calamity ► NOUN (pl. calamities) ▪ an event causing great and sudden damage or distress. DERIVATIVES calamitous adjective calamitously adverb. ORIGIN Latin calamitas …   English terms dictionary

  • Calamitously — Calamitous Ca*lam i*tous, a. [L. Calamitosus; cf. F. calamiteux.] [1913 Webster] 1. Suffering calamity; wretched; miserable. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] Ten thousands of calamitous persons. South. [1913 Webster] 2. Producing, or attended with distress… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • calamitously — adverb see calamitous …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • calamitously — See calamitous. * * * …   Universalium

  • calamitously — adv. disastrously, catastrophically …   English contemporary dictionary

  • calamitously — ca·lam·i·tous·ly …   English syllables

  • calamitously — adverb see calamitous …   Useful english dictionary

  • calamitous — calamitously, adv. calamitousness, n. /keuh lam i teuhs/, adj. causing or involving calamity; disastrous: a calamitous defeat. [1535 45; CALAMIT(Y) + OUS] Syn. catastrophic, ruinous, devastating. Ant. beneficial, advantageous. * * * …   Universalium

  • Miserably — Mis er*a*bly, adv. In a miserable; unhappily; calamitously; wretchedly; meanly. [1913 Webster] They were miserably entertained. Sir P. Sidney. [1913 Webster] The fifth was miserably stabbed to death. South. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • calamitous — adjective Date: 1545 being, causing, or accompanied by calamity < calamitous events > • calamitously adverb …   New Collegiate Dictionary

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