bitterly
/ˈbɪtəɹli/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: 3.29 in modern English
13
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
adv
Example Sentences
- "Judge Short had gone to town, and Farrar was off for a three days' cruise up the lake. I was bitterly regretting I had not gone with him when the distant notes of a coach horn reached my ear, and I descried a four-in-hand winding its way up the inn road from the direction of Mohair."
- "Heidi threw herself down beside Clara's chair and began to cry bitterly."
- "Liverpool's £58m strikeforce of Andy Carroll and Luis Suarez scored the goals that settled the Merseyside derby at Goodison Park - but Everton were left complaining bitterly about Jack Rodwell's controversial early red card."
- "On a bitterly cold evening at Wembley, the Lionesses knew only victory would be enough to keep alive Team GB's hopes of competing in Paris."
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”).
Origin
Word Breakdown
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈbɪtəɹli/
- British English: /ˈbɪtəli/
Inflected Forms
more bitterly (comparative)
most bitterly (superlative)