disastrously
adverb
uk/dɪˈzɑː.strəs.li/us/dɪˈzæs.trəs.li/in a way that isdisastrous(=extremelybadorunsuccessful):
Thingsbeganto go disastrouslywrong.
Theirloveaffairendeddisastrously.
See
disastrous
- Previousbigcomputerprojectshadfaileddisastrously.
- The 1930sbegandisastrously, and set thescenefor adecadeof hardtimes.
- Thebankingsectorhasperformeddisastrously.
Accidents and disasters
- accident
- accidental
- accidentally
- accidentally on purposeidiom
- an accident waiting to happenidiom
- calamity
- cataclysm
- cataclysmic
- cataclysmically
- catastrophe
- disaster area
- disastrous
- dumpster fire
- emergency
- forest fire
- natural disaster
- non-emergency
- perfect storm
- post-accident
- snafu