adv
Meaning 1
In a bitter manner.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
bitterly
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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General-American: /ˈbɪtəɹli/
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Received-Pronunciation: /ˈbɪtəli/
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CMU ARPABET: B IH1 T ER0 L IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
adv
Meaning 2
Extremely
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adverb
Meaning 3
with bitterness, in a resentful manner
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- she complained bitterly
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adverb
Meaning 4
indicating something hard to accept
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- he was bitterly disappointed
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adverb
Meaning 5
extremely and sharply
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- it was bitterly cold
- bitter cold
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: piercingly, bitingly, bitter
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
From Middle English bitterli, biterli, biterliche, from Old English biterlīċe, bitterlīċe (“bitterly”), equivalent to bitter + -ly. Cognate with German Low German bitterlik (“bitterly”), German bitterlich (“bitterly”), Swedish bitterligen (“bitterly”).
Across languages
Translations
14 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Catalan: amargament — in a bitter manner
- Czech: hořce — in a bitter manner
- Esperanto: amare — in a bitter manner
- Finnish: katkerasti — in a bitter manner
- French: amèrement — in a bitter manner
- Galician: amargamente — in a bitter manner
- German: bitterlich — in a bitter manner
- Gothic: 𐌱𐌰𐌹𐍄𐍂𐌰𐌱𐌰 (baitraba) — in a bitter manner
- Hungarian: epésen — in a bitter manner
- Norman: améthement — in a bitter manner
- Plautdietsch: bettalich — in a bitter manner
- Portuguese: amargamente — in a bitter manner
- Russian: го́рько (górʹko) — in a bitter manner
- Spanish: amargamente — in a bitter manner
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