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# lamentably

«lamentably» in Mova's school dictionary: **In a sad, mournful or shameful way; in a poor or whining way** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

adverb (lamentably)

### meaning for a pupil

In a sad, mournful or shameful way; in a poor or whining way. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lamentably/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

in tales a character speaks or looks lamentably, in a sad, complaining voice; it is an old use

### examples

- «He is welcome indeed,» said Mongan lamentably. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lamentably/#x1)
- The foot turned lamentably in. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lamentably/#x2)
- The team played lamentably. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lamentably/#x3)

### note

nothing for maths

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «lamentably» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lamentably/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.