adverb
- With bitterness, in a resentful manner.
- usage: "she complained bitterly"
- Indicating something hard to accept.
- usage: "he was bitterly disappointed"
- Extremely and sharply.
- usage: "it was bitterly cold"; "bitter cold"
- synonyms: piercingly, bitingly, bitter
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