bitterly
with bitterness; in a resentful manner
How often you will meet it
Rank 2,542 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 6,661 times across 155,139 chapters — 0.003% of every word in the library.
What it means
adverb
- with bitterness; in a resentful manner she complained bitterly
- indicating something hard to accept he was bitterly disappointed
- extremely and sharply also: piercingly, bitingly, bitter it was bitterly coldbitter cold
bitterly in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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Cambyses listened to this sentence, borrowed from the golden maxims of Pythagoras, and smiled bitterly at the word "patience."
An Egyptian Princess — Volume 07 · Georg Ebers · Chapter 1
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Then the maiden saw she was deceived, and bitterly repented that she had ever trusted him with the ring.
The Yellow Fairy Book: The Grateful Beasts · World Traditions (Celtic, Norse, Asian & Persian) · Chapter 1
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You will bitterly reproach him in your own heart, and seriously think that he has behaved very badly to you.
The Picture of Dorian Gray · Oscar Wilde · Chapter 1
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And yet, had he died, she would have wept bitterly over him in all the sincerity of her honest and simple soul.
Other People's Money · Emile Gaboriau · Chapter 1
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Then they had carried his father as mysteriously away again, and his mother had hugged him close and cried bitterly and long.
The Lure of the Dim Trails · B. M. Bower · Chapter 1