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Wordnet 3.0

ADVERB (1)

1. in an unfortunate or deplorable manner;
- Example: "he was sadly neglected"
- Example: "it was woefully inadequate"
[syn: deplorably, lamentably, sadly, woefully]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Lamentable \Lam"en*ta*ble\, a. [L. lamentabilis: cf. F.
   lamentable.]
   1. Mourning; sorrowful; expressing grief; as, a lamentable
      countenance. [Archaic] "Lamentable eye." --Spenser.
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   2. Fitted to awaken lament; to be lamented; sorrowful;
      pitiable; regrettable; unfortunate; as, a lamentable
      misfortune, or error. "Lamentable helplessness." --Burke.
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   3. Miserable; pitiful; paltry; -- in a contemptuous or
      ridiculous sense. --Bp. Stillingfleet. --
      Lam"en*ta*ble*ness, n. -- Lam"en*ta*bly, adv.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

lamentably
    adv 1: in an unfortunate or deplorable manner; "he was sadly
           neglected"; "it was woefully inadequate" [syn:
           deplorably, lamentably, sadly, woefully]