disastrously

/dɪˈzɑːstrəsli/ (bre, ipa) · /dɪˈzæstrəsli/ (ame, ipa)

disastrously — adverb

1. in a way that causes great harm, damage, or failure — so serious that it is hard

1.副詞B2
釋義

in a way that causes great harm, damage, or failure — so serious that it is hard to recover from

例句

Kwame underestimated the exam disastrously and failed by a wide margin.

collocation: disastrously + verb of misjudgment

The outdoor concert ended disastrously when a sudden storm destroyed the stage.

collocation: end disastrously

同義詞
  • catastrophically

    more dramatic, often used for large-scale events (natural disasters, economic collapse)

  • calamitously

    more formal and less common in everyday speech

  • dreadfully

    broader in meaning; can describe anything very bad, not only large-scale failures

  • terribly

    more common in everyday speech; can describe any bad outcome, not only major failures

反義詞

文法句型

disastrously + verb

disastrously + adjective/past participle

Disastrously + comma + clause

用法筆記

Commonly pairs with verbs of misjudgment (underestimate, misjudge, miscalculate), verbs meaning failure (fail, end, backfire, collapse), and past participles describing poor execution (mismanaged, flawed, mishandled).

常見錯誤

❌The weather was disastrously.
✅The weather was disastrous.
💡'Disastrously' is an adverb, not an adjective; use 'disastrous' after a linking verb.
❌The plan went disasterously wrong.
✅The plan went disastrously wrong.
💡The adjective is 'disastrous' (no 'e' after the 'r'); keep the spelling consistent when adding '-ly'.