--- title: L — The English dictionary with trees and pragmatics · page 3 description: The 644 words of the English dictionary under L, every meaning for a pupil and every example with its dependency tree and pragmatics. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/L/page/3/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [dictionaries](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/) / [English dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/) / L # L — The English dictionary · page 3 [A](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/A/) · [B](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/B/) · [C](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/C/) · [D](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/D/) · 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meaning 1:* Lagging means falling behind, moving more slowly than others.[↗](../../lagging/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Lagging is material wrapped around pipes, tanks or boilers to keep heat in and stop them freezing.[↗](../../lagging/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (computing, informal) A lagging game or video call is slow and jerky because the connection or computer cannot keep up.[↗](../../lagging/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* My little brother was lagging behind on the walk.[↗](../../lagging/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Put lagging on the pipes so they don't freeze in winter.[↗](../../lagging/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The game is lagging because the Wi-Fi is slow.[↗](../../lagging/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Our team is lagging in the league this season.[↗](../../lagging/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The lagging around the hot water tank keeps the heat in.[↗](../../lagging/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Stop lagging and hurry up\![↗](../../lagging/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The video call was lagging, so her face froze.[↗](../../lagging/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · It always went too fast, but that is better than to be lagging behind.[↗](../../lagging/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **lagomorph** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A lagomorph is a member of the group of mammals that includes rabbits, hares and pikas.[↗](../../lagomorph/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* A rabbit is a lagomorph, not a rodent.[↗](../../lagomorph/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Hares, rabbits and pikas are all lagomorphs.[↗](../../lagomorph/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Lagomorphs have a tiny second pair of upper front teeth.[↗](../../lagomorph/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The pika is a small lagomorph that lives on rocky mountains.[↗](../../lagomorph/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Scientists sorted the animals into rodents and lagomorphs.[↗](../../lagomorph/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Lagomorphs eat grass, leaves and bark.[↗](../../lagomorph/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **lagoon** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A lagoon is a stretch of salty or brackish water separated from the sea by a sandbank, a reef or a strip of land.[↗](../../lagoon/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A lagoon can also be the calm water inside a ring-shaped coral island (an atoll).[↗](../../lagoon/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* A lagoon can be a pond or pool made by people, for example to hold waste water.[↗](../../lagoon/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The children swam in the calm lagoon.[↗](../../lagoon/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · A coral reef protects the lagoon from big waves.[↗](../../lagoon/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Venice is built on islands in a lagoon.[↗](../../lagoon/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Flamingos fed in the shallow lagoon.[↗](../../lagoon/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The lagoon is separated from the sea by a sandbank.[↗](../../lagoon/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · We paddled a canoe across the lagoon.[↗](../../lagoon/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Peter was alone on the lagoon.[↗](../../lagoon/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **lah** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Lah (also la) is the sixth note of the singing scale do, re, mi, fa, so, la, ti, do.[↗](../../lah/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (Singapore, Malaysia — slang) «Lah» is a word added at the end of a sentence to make it sound friendly, firm or relaxed: «Come on lah!»[↗](../../lah/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") It is not standard English.[↗](../../lah/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* «La-di-dah» (also lah-di-dah) means posh in a showy way (UK, informal).[↗](../../lah/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Doh, ray, me, fah, soh, lah, te, doh\![↗](../../lah/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · «Lah» is the note just after «soh».[↗](../../lah/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · «Don't worry lah, it's okay,» said my friend from Singapore.[↗](../../lah/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · «Hurry up lah!» shouted his cousin.[↗](../../lah/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · She talks all lah-di-dah since her trip.[↗](../../lah/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · We sang «lah» on a long high note.[↗](../../lah/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **laid** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Laid is the past of lay: to put something down carefully, often flat.[↗](../../laid/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *e.g.* She laid the baby in the cot.[↗](../../laid/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Laid is used when a hen or another animal made an egg.[↗](../../laid/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *e.g.* The hen laid an egg.[↗](../../laid/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* Laid the table means put plates and cutlery on it.[↗](../../laid/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* Laid back (informal) means calm and relaxed.[↗](../../laid/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 5:* Laid can also mean arranged or prepared in advance, as when you lay plans for a trip.[↗](../../laid/#m5 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The hens laid 24 eggs.[↗](../../laid/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · He laid 5 rows of 10 bricks.[↗](../../laid/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · She laid 3 books on the table.[↗](../../laid/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · How many eggs were laid in a week?[↗](../../laid/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The goose laid a golden egg.[↗](../../laid/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · I laid the table for dinner.[↗](../../laid/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The turtle laid her eggs in the sand.[↗](../../laid/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · He laid his coat over the chair.[↗](../../laid/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · Uncle Pete is very laid back.[↗](../../laid/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · Nigel and the Princess laid their plans.[↗](../../laid/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · And she laid up his garment by her, until his master came home.[↗](../../laid/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.39.16, JPS 1917)[↗](../../laid/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · 'Is not this laid up in store with Me, sealed up in My treasuries?[↗](../../laid/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah DEU.32.34, JPS 1917)[↗](../../laid/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") · And Moses laid up the rods before the LORD in the tent of the testimony.[↗](../../laid/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah NUM.17.7, JPS 1917)[↗](../../laid/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") · Or who laid the corner-stone thereof, (Writings JOB.38.6, JPS 1917)[↗](../../laid/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") · And Elisha laid his hands upon the king's hands.[↗](../../laid/#x15 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets 2KI.13.16, JPS 1917)[↗](../../laid/#x15 "tree and pragmatics") · Why are times not laid up by the Almighty?[↗](../../laid/#x16 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings JOB.24.1, JPS 1917)[↗](../../laid/#x16 "tree and pragmatics") **lair** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A lair is the den or hiding place of a wild animal.[↗](../../lair/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A lair is any secret place where a villain hides.[↗](../../lair/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The wolf left his lair at dusk.[↗](../../lair/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The fox crept back to its lair.[↗](../../lair/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The robbers' lair was hidden in the hills.[↗](../../lair/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · And I will make Jerusalem heaps, a lair of jackals; and I will make the cities of Judah a desolation, without an inhabitant.[↗](../../lair/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets JER.9.10, JPS 1917)[↗](../../lair/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · He lieth in wait in a secret place as a lion in his lair, he lieth in wait to catch the poor; he doth catch the poor, when he draweth him up in his net.[↗](../../lair/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PSA.10.9, JPS 1917)[↗](../../lair/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") **laird** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A laird is a Scottish man who owns a large estate of land, like a lord of the land.[↗](../../laird/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The laird rode out to the hills.[↗](../../laird/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The laird lived in a castle.[↗](../../laird/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Every laird had many tenants.[↗](../../laird/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") **laity** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (church) The ordinary members of a church who are not priests, ministers or clergy.[↗](../../laity/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* People who are not experts in a subject.[↗](../../laity/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The bishop met with the clergy and the laity.[↗](../../laity/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Members of the laity read the Bible readings on Sunday.[↗](../../laity/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · My grandmother is a lay reader, one of the laity who helps lead services.[↗](../../laity/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The laity helped organise the church fete.[↗](../../laity/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Science books for the laity explain things simply.[↗](../../laity/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Both clergy and laity sang in the choir.[↗](../../laity/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **lake** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A lake is a big area of water with land all around it.[↗](../../lake/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Most lakes have fresh water, not salty sea water.[↗](../../lake/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* A lake can also be a pool of something else, like «a lake of lava».[↗](../../lake/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* There are 20 ducks on the lake.[↗](../../lake/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The path around the lake is 3 km.[↗](../../lake/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · They walked to the lake.[↗](../../lake/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · 8 boats are on the lake.[↗](../../lake/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · We swam in the lake in summer.[↗](../../lake/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The Great Lakes are between Canada and the USA.[↗](../../lake/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Never walk on a frozen lake unless an adult says the ice is safe.[↗](../../lake/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Fish and frogs live in the lake.[↗](../../lake/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **lakh** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (numbers) In India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal and Sri Lanka, a lakh is one hundred thousand (100,000).[↗](../../lakh/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Ten lakh make one million; a hundred lakh make one crore (10,000,000).[↗](../../lakh/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* One lakh is the same as one hundred thousand.[↗](../../lakh/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The car cost five lakh rupees.[↗](../../lakh/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Lakhs of people came to the festival.[↗](../../lakh/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · In India, 100,000 is written 1,00,000.[↗](../../lakh/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Ten lakh is one million.[↗](../../lakh/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · My aunt in Delhi says prices are «in lakhs».[↗](../../lakh/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · A crore is a hundred lakh.[↗](../../lakh/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **lakota** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A Native American people of the Great Plains, part of the Sioux nation, living mostly in North and South Dakota.[↗](../../lakota/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* The language of the Lakota people.[↗](../../lakota/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The Lakota lived on the Great Plains and hunted buffalo.[↗](../../lakota/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Sitting Bull was a Lakota leader.[↗](../../lakota/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The Black Hills are sacred to the Lakota people.[↗](../../lakota/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Some schools teach the Lakota language.[↗](../../lakota/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Lakota children learn the stories of their elders.[↗](../../lakota/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") **lam** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (slang, US) To be «on the lam» is to be running away and hiding, usually from the police.[↗](../../lam/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (informal, UK) To lam someone is to hit them hard.[↗](../../lam/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (a name) Lam is also a family name, for example in Chinese and Vietnamese families.[↗](../../lam/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The robber has been on the lam for three weeks.[↗](../../lam/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The detective found the thief who was on the lam.[↗](../../lam/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The escaped prisoners went on the lam in the hills.[↗](../../lam/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · «Lam into him!» shouted the pirate in the old story.[↗](../../lam/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Mr Lam is our new maths teacher.[↗](../../lam/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · After the jewel heist, the gang went on the lam.[↗](../../lam/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **lama** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (religion) A lama is a teacher or monk in Tibetan Buddhism.[↗](../../lama/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (a name) The Dalai Lama is the most famous lama, a spiritual leader of Tibetan Buddhists.[↗](../../lama/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The lama taught the young monks.[↗](../../lama/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The Dalai Lama is a well-known Buddhist leader.[↗](../../lama/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Lamas live and study in monasteries in Tibet.[↗](../../lama/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The lama spoke about kindness and peace.[↗](../../lama/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Visitors bowed to the old lama.[↗](../../lama/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · A lama may wear red and yellow robes.[↗](../../lama/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **lamb** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A lamb is a young sheep.[↗](../../lamb/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Lamb is the meat of a young sheep.[↗](../../lamb/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* A lamb is a gentle, kind person, often a child: «you're a lamb».[↗](../../lamb/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* To lamb is for a sheep to give birth.[↗](../../lamb/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The farm has 20 sheep and 9 lambs.[↗](../../lamb/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Each sheep had 2 lambs.[↗](../../lamb/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · 5 lambs were born this week.[↗](../../lamb/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · How many legs do 6 lambs have?[↗](../../lamb/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Lambs are born in spring.[↗](../../lamb/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Mary had a little lamb.[↗](../../lamb/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The lamb drank milk from its mother.[↗](../../lamb/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · We had roast lamb for Sunday lunch.[↗](../../lamb/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · He went to bed as gentle as a lamb.[↗](../../lamb/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · "Baa!" there he stood like a baa-lamb.[↗](../../lamb/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · And Abraham set seven ewe-lambs of the flock by themselves.[↗](../../lamb/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.21.28, JPS 1917)[↗](../../lamb/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · a several tenth part for every lamb of the seven lambs; (Torah NUM.28.29, JPS 1917)[↗](../../lamb/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") · and one tenth part for every lamb of the seven lambs; (Torah NUM.29.4, JPS 1917)[↗](../../lamb/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") · I will bring them down like lambs to the slaughter, like rams with he-goats.[↗](../../lamb/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets JER.51.40, JPS 1917)[↗](../../lamb/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") · The lambs will be for thy clothing, and the goats the price for a field.[↗](../../lamb/#x15 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PRO.27.26, JPS 1917)[↗](../../lamb/#x15 "tree and pragmatics") · and he shall restore the lamb fourfold, because he did this thing, and because he had no pity.'[↗](../../lamb/#x16 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets 2SA.12.6, JPS 1917)[↗](../../lamb/#x16 "tree and pragmatics") **lambert** — *In Jewish tradition, meaning 1:* A person's surname.[↗](../../lambert/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") Here it is the name of a scholar who is cited as a source.[↗](../../lambert/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Lambert, in Paris, in J 891.[↗](../../lambert/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914))[↗](../../lambert/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") **lambskin** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A lambskin is the skin of a young sheep, dressed and used as leather or a cover.[↗](../../lambskin/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The dog's dress was made of lambskin.[↗](../../lambskin/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · She hung the lambskin on the wall.[↗](../../lambskin/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The gloves were lined with soft lambskin.[↗](../../lambskin/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") **lame** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Unable to walk normally because of a hurt leg or foot (used mostly about animals, especially horses).[↗](../../lame/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (informal, slang) Boring, weak or not cool: «That joke is lame».[↗](../../lame/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* A lame excuse is a weak one that no one believes.[↗](../../lame/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* (Bible) Old word for people who cannot walk; Jesus healed the lame.[↗](../../lame/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The horse went lame after it hurt its hoof.[↗](../../lame/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · «The dog ate my homework» is a lame excuse.[↗](../../lame/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · That film was so lame\![↗](../../lame/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") (slang)[↗](../../lame/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · In the Bible story, Jesus made the lame man walk.[↗](../../lame/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The President was a lame duck in his last months.[↗](../../lame/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · His jokes are lame but we laugh anyway.[↗](../../lame/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Now I am lame for life\![↗](../../lame/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · For whatsoever man he be that hath a blemish, he shall not approach: a blind man, or a lame, or he that hath any thing maimed, or anything too long, (Torah LEV.21.18, JPS 1917)[↗](../../lame/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · And when ye offer the lame and sick, is it no evil\![↗](../../lame/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets MAL.1.8, JPS 1917)[↗](../../lame/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · Now Jonathan, Saul's son, had a son that was lame of his feet.[↗](../../lame/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets 2SA.4.4, JPS 1917)[↗](../../lame/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · I was eyes to the blind, and feet was I to the lame.[↗](../../lame/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings JOB.29.15, JPS 1917)[↗](../../lame/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") **lameness** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Lameness is the state of being unable to walk well because a leg or foot is hurt.[↗](../../lameness/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The wolf asked the cause of his lameness.[↗](../../lameness/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · His lameness made him slow.[↗](../../lameness/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The vet treated the horse's lameness.[↗](../../lameness/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · And if there be any blemish therein, lameness, or blindness, any ill blemish whatsoever, thou shalt not sacrifice it unto the LORD thy God.[↗](../../lameness/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah DEU.15.21, JPS 1917)[↗](../../lameness/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") **lament** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* To lament is to show or say strongly that you are very sad or sorry about something, often someone's death.[↗](../../lament/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A lament is a sad song, poem or piece of music about loss or death.[↗](../../lament/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* To lament something is to complain or regret that it happened or is missing.[↗](../../lament/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The villagers lamented the death of their kind old doctor.[↗](../../lament/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · A piper played a lament at the funeral.[↗](../../lament/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · David sang a lament for his friend Jonathan.[↗](../../lament/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Grandad laments that children don't play outside anymore.[↗](../../lament/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The poem is a lament for the lost forests.[↗](../../lament/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Many readers lamented the end of the series.[↗](../../lament/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · All night Charming sighed and lamented.[↗](../../lament/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · And David lamented with this lamentation over Saul and over Jonathan his son, (Prophets 2SA.1.17, JPS 1917)[↗](../../lament/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · Lament like a virgin girded with sackcloth for the husband of her youth.[↗](../../lament/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets JOL.1.8, JPS 1917)[↗](../../lament/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · And the king lamented for Abner, and said: Should Abner die as a churl dieth?[↗](../../lament/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets 2SA.3.33, JPS 1917)[↗](../../lament/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") **lamentable** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Lamentable means very bad, sad or shameful, so bad that it makes people sorry or ashamed.[↗](../../lamentable/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* «Here is a lamentable matter,» said the king.[↗](../../lamentable/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The result was lamentable.[↗](../../lamentable/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · It was a lamentable tragedy.[↗](../../lamentable/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") **lamentably** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* In a sad, mournful or shameful way; in a poor or whining way.[↗](../../lamentably/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* «He is welcome indeed,» said Mongan lamentably.[↗](../../lamentably/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The foot turned lamentably in.[↗](../../lamentably/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The team played lamentably.[↗](../../lamentably/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/L/) [2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/L/page/2/) **3** [4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/L/page/4/) … [35](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/L/page/35/) - ← previous: [page 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