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BITTERLY
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I. (adverb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
With bitterness; in a resentful manner
Example:
she complained bitterly
Classified under:
Pertainym:
bitter (marked by strong resentment or cynicism)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Indicating something hard to accept
Example:
he was bitterly disappointed
Classified under:
Pertainym:
bitter (very difficult to accept or bear)
Sense 3
Meaning:
Extremely and sharply
Example:
bitter cold
Synonyms:
bitingly; bitter; bitterly; piercingly
Classified under:
Adverbs
Pertainym:
bitter (causing a sharply painful or stinging sensation; used especially of cold)
Context examples:
Her face was turned away from him, but he could see, by the sharp intake of her breath, that she was weeping bitterly.
(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Tidal heating has likely melted the interior of Triton, producing the volcanoes, fractures and other geological features that Voyager saw on that bitterly cold, icy surface.
(Voyager Map Details Neptune's Strange Moon Triton, NASA)
Most bitterly he smiled—most decidedly he withdrew his hand from mine.
(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)
Bitterly did he deplore a deficiency which now he could scarcely comprehend to have been possible.
(Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen)
"So in my simplicity, I had imagined," said the Professor, bitterly.
(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Nancy, she fell upon her knees, and cried bitterly; and your brother, he walked about the room, and said he did not know what to do.
(Sense and Sensibility, by Jane Austen)
She complained bitterly of all this to her husband.
(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)
I only want to know that Mr. Martin is not very, very bitterly disappointed.”
(Emma, by Jane Austen)
Don't cry so bitterly, but remember this day, and resolve with all your soul that you will never know another like it.
(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)
And White Fang just as bitterly hated them back.
(White Fang, by Jack London)
