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Disastrously meaning
In a disastrous way. (Of the nature of a disaster; calamitously.)
Using Disastrously
- The main meaning on this page is: In a disastrous way. (Of the nature of a disaster; calamitously.)
- In the example corpus, disastrously often appears in combinations such as: disastrously wrong, ended disastrously, was disastrously.
Context around Disastrously
- Average sentence length in these examples: 24.6 words
- Position in the sentence: 2 start, 11 middle, 7 end
- Sentence types: 19 statements, 1 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Disastrously
- In this selection, "disastrously" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 24.6 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, ended, went, decided, wrong, low and wrongheaded stand out and add context to how "disastrously" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include 2018 but disastrously in 2019 and accept a disastrously large spread. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "disastrously" sits close to words such as abominable, acolytes and acv, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with disastrously
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Instead, we spent more than on a war that ended disastrously. (11 words)
However, he would later regret this as their relationship on set plummeted disastrously. (13 words)
Some of Mr. Vance’s previous efforts to speak for the former president failed disastrously. (15 words)
The U.S. was still occupying Iraq and Afghanistan at the time and had just toppled the Libyan government – a war that ended disastrously for the Libyan people – and many in Congress pushed back against U.S. forces getting involved in toppling Assad. (43 words)
The problem was that he had a disastrously wrongheaded understanding of what doing right for the country would look like and was ineffectual in the extreme at a time when strength on the global stage was desperately needed. (38 words)
Iranians will not have forgotten the last time the West decided, disastrously, that a change of leadership was needed in Iran, when it pulled the rug in 1978 and paved the way for the ayatollahs. (35 words)
The same Kenny Anthony who, twenty years after the deal was disastrously struck, refuses to be accountable? (17 words)
Example sentences (20)
A job advert showcasing a role at went disastrously wrong this week - thanks to a space being placed into the word therapist.
If the Chesapeake striper spawn is a dud again this year, it will be the fifth year in the last eight of disastrously low recruitment to the population.
Instead, we spent more than on a war that ended disastrously.
Iranians will not have forgotten the last time the West decided, disastrously, that a change of leadership was needed in Iran, when it pulled the rug in 1978 and paved the way for the ayatollahs.
Our species multiplies so successfully (or disastrously, some would say) thanks to male involvement and provisioning.
The plot – and this is no particular spoiler – pivots on an experiment gone disastrously wrong, a human life turned from ambition to despair.
The problem was that he had a disastrously wrongheaded understanding of what doing right for the country would look like and was ineffectual in the extreme at a time when strength on the global stage was desperately needed.
Disastrously for Chessman, whose arrogance and hunger for the spotlight were among his most striking traits, he insisted on acting as his own attorney.
However, he would later regret this as their relationship on set plummeted disastrously.
I didn't get my first boyfriend until I was in my 30s, lost my virginity at 32 and was famously disastrously married for five years to a man 15 years my junior.
Last month saw Eric make a considerable investment in cryptocurrency, only for it to disastrously fail, resulting in his accounts being wiped out.
She brings serious chops to the debate stage, Cavuto noted, compared to Joe Biden, who performed disastrously against Trump in June.
Some of Mr. Vance’s previous efforts to speak for the former president failed disastrously.
The TV institution had just barely survived a disastrously unfunny season that, according to Lorne Michaels, brought the show to the brink of cancellation.
The U.S. was still occupying Iraq and Afghanistan at the time and had just toppled the Libyan government – a war that ended disastrously for the Libyan people – and many in Congress pushed back against U.S. forces getting involved in toppling Assad.
Chris Reed, Jr., who revived Drum Corps International shows at East Field in Glens Falls successfully in 2018 but disastrously in 2019, said he does not intend to present it this year.
The continued self-confidence of neoconservatives like Wurmser is particularly odd given how all their beliefs were proven disastrously wrong in Iraq.
The same Kenny Anthony who, twenty years after the deal was disastrously struck, refuses to be accountable?
Every room has enough space to entertain many guests and accept a disastrously large spread of revision notes on the floor and walls.
He also started a YouTube channel and one his most popular uploads is when he tried to apply makeup blindfolded on is friend Alissa Violet, which ended disastrously.
Common combinations with disastrously
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: