bitterly

«bitterly» in Mova's school dictionary: In an angry, hurt and unhappy way — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 4 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

adverb (bitterly)

meaning for a pupil

1) In an angry, hurt and unhappy way. tree →

2) Very, extremely, when talking about cold weather: bitterly cold. tree →

3) Very strongly, in phrases like bitterly disappointed or bitterly opposed. tree →

sense in the lessons

In stories it shows strong unhappy feelings ("she wept bitterly") or very harsh weather. In the news and history it describes fierce arguments and fights. Phrases: "bitterly cold", "bitterly disappointed", "bitterly complained", "bitterly fought".

examples

• It was bitterly cold, so we wore two jumpers. tree →
• He cried bitterly when his dog ran away. tree →
• We were bitterly disappointed when the trip was cancelled. tree →
• The two teams fought bitterly for the cup. tree →
• "That's not fair," she said bitterly. tree →
• The wind blew bitterly across the field. tree →
• And so saying he wept bitterly. tree →

note

Adverb from the adjective "bitter" (sour taste, or angry and hurt). "Bitterly cold" just means very cold, not angry.

In the corpora

• The archers have dealt bitterly with him, and shot at him, and hated him;
• Behold, their valiant ones cry without; the ambassadors of peace weep bitterly.
• Ephraim hath provoked most bitterly; therefore shall his blood be cast upon him, and his reproach shall his Lord return unto him.
• As God liveth, who hath taken away my right; and the Almighty, who hath dealt bitterly with me;

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «bitterly» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.