a. [ F. misérable, L. miserabilis, fr. miserari to lament, pity, fr. miser wretched. See Miser. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
What hopes delude thee, miserable man? Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]
What 's more miserable than discontent? Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
Miserable comforters are ye all. Job xvi. 2. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. A miserable person. [ Obs. ] Sterne. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. The state or quality of being miserable. [ 1913 Webster ]
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 ]