wretchedly

1. 1.

   in a wretched manner

   “`I can't remember who I am,' I said, wretchedly”

Questions about wretchedly

What does wretchedly mean?

wretchedly means "in a wretched manner".

How many syllables are in wretchedly?

wretchedly has 3 syllables: wret-ched-ly. The stress falls on "wret". In IPA it is /ˈɹɛtʃɪdli/.

Is wretchedly a common word?

wretchedly is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.