disastrously

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Disastrously, the high winds prevented some firefighting helicopters and planes from taking to the skies in order to dump water on the burning areas.

From BBC • Jan. 11, 2025

Disastrously for Chessman, whose arrogance and hunger for the spotlight were among his most striking traits, he insisted on acting as his own attorney.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 28, 2024

Disastrously, two of the mean girls, twins, get hold of it and tell their mother, and their mother tells Deb.

From New York Times • Jul. 22, 2015

Disastrously opened out, it was played and directed in a leaden manner.

From The Guardian • Sep. 7, 2010

Disastrously mauled, I had yet fulfilled the three conditions of the fight-stunning the tiger, binding him with a chain, and leaving him without requiring assistance for myself.

From Autobiography of a Yogi by Yogananda, Paramahansa