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English
Etymology
From Middle English wrecchedly; equivalent to wretched + -ly.
Adverb
wretchedly (comparative more wretchedly, superlative most wretchedly)
- In a wretched manner.
1842, [anonymous collaborator of Letitia Elizabeth Landon], chapter XLII, in Lady Anne Granard; or, Keeping up Appearances. , volume II, London: Henry Colburn, , →OCLC, page 241:Tell my page to ask him to walk with you, for you look wretchedly, and to be sure you have been on your knees a long time rubbing that foot, I must say.
1868 January 4 – June 6, [William] Wilkie Collins, “First Period. The Loss of the Diamond (1848). ”, in The Moonstone. A Romance. , volume I, London: Tinsley Brothers, , published 1868, →OCLC, chapter XVI, page 268:I felt wretchedly old, and worn out, and unfit for my place—and began to wonder, for the first time in my life, when it would please God to take me.
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