Wretchedly

Origin

wretched + -ly

Full definition of wretchedly

Adverb

1. In a wretched manner.
• 2006, Wilkie Collins, The Moonstone, ICON Group International, Inc., page 157 http://books.google.com/books?id=tBhxl1UQMy8C&pg=PA157&dq=wretchedly+date:1970-2008&lr=lang_en&as_brr=3&sig=mOLHAt2YU3cOXM91D6DnLE34VwkI 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.