Definition

Adverb 1. In a disastrous manner; with disastrous consequences: In a way that causes great damage, suffering, or complete failure. Example: The plan failed disastrously. 2. Extremely badly or unsuccessfully: To a very severe or terrible degree. Example: The team performed disastrously in the championship.

Usage Examples

• Adverb:
  • The expedition ended disastrously when a storm sank their ship.
  • The new policy backfired disastrously, causing widespread public anger.
  • He invested his savings disastrously and lost everything.

Advanced Usage

• "to end disastrously": to conclude with a terrible outcome.
  • Their attempt at reconciliation ended disastrously.
• "to fail disastrously": to fail in a complete and catastrophic way.
  • The product launch failed disastrously due to numerous technical flaws.

Variants and Related Words

• Disastrous (adjective): Causing great damage or suffering; catastrophic.
  • The hurricane had a disastrous impact on the coastal towns.
• Disaster (noun): A sudden event causing great damage or loss; a complete failure.
  • The earthquake was a natural disaster.

Synonyms

• Catastrophically: In a way that causes a sudden and widespread disaster.
• Calamitously: In a way that causes a great misfortune or disaster.
• Dreadfully: In a terrible or awful manner (often used for emphasis on badness).
• Appallingly: Shockingly or terribly bad.

Antonyms

• Successfully: In a way that accomplishes a desired aim or result.
• Triumphantly: In a way that celebrates a great victory or achievement.
• Splendidly: In an excellent or impressive manner.

Related Phrases

• To go disastrously wrong: For a situation to develop in a completely terrible and unexpected way.
  • The laboratory experiment went disastrously wrong, forcing an evacuation.
• A disastrously bad idea: An idea that is very clearly and fundamentally flawed.
  • Trying to cross the desert without water was a disastrously bad idea.

Adverb

1. in a disastrous manner
   • the real value of the trust capital may be disastrously less than when the trust began