13
pitifully(adverb, sorrow, sadness, badly, regret)
13
tragically(adverb, adversely, stressfully, cause great distress)
11
calamitously(adverb, misfortune, adversely, by bad luck)
11
adversely(adverb, negative, unfavourable, adversely)
11
alack(adverb, interjection, sad, sorrow, sadness)
11
by mischance(expression, adverb, sorrow, sadness, regret)
11
deplorably(adverb, sadly, lamentably, stressfully, cause great distress)
11
inauspiciously(adverb, negative, unfavourable, adversely)
10
badly(adverb, poorly, negatively, carelessly, terribly)
10
distressingly(adverb, sadly, deplorably, lamentably, stressfully)
10
by hard adventure(expression, adverb, sad, misfortune, sadly)
10
catastrophically(adverb, misfortune, adversely, by bad luck)
10
distressfully(adverb, adversely, stressfully, cause great distress)
10
unpropitiously(adverb, negative, unfavourable, adversely)
8
disappointingly(adverb, badly, unlucky, terribly, deplorably)
7
as ill luck would have it(expression, adverb, sad, misfortune, sadly)
7
unpleasantly(adverb, badly, unlucky, terribly)
7
discouragingly(adverb, badly, awfully, negatively, by bad luck)
7
ruefully(adverb, badly, unlucky, terribly)
6
evilly(adverb, badly, unlucky, terribly)
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