calamitously
adverb
uk/kəˈlæm.ɪ.təs.li/us/kəˈlæm.ə.t̬əs.li/in a way thatcausesgreatdamageorsuffering:
Aspaceshuttlecalamitouslyblewup in the earlydaysof theprogramme.
Sharepricesfellcalamitously lastyear.
See
calamity
- Calamitously, thecarefullychosenworkswere alllostin thefire.
- Localschoolshave been calamitouslyunderfunded.
- Frank Zappa'seccentricmethodsof writing andrecordingweretime-consumingand calamitouslycostly.
- The calamitouslyslowresponseto thehurricanecausedmanypeopleadditionalhardship.
Accidents and disasters
- accident
- accidental
- accidentally
- accidentally on purposeidiom
- an accident waiting to happenidiom
- cataclysm
- cataclysmic
- cataclysmically
- catastrophe
- catastrophic
- disastrous
- disastrously
- dumpster fire
- emergency
- forest fire
- natural disaster
- non-emergency
- perfect storm
- post-accident
- snafu