- Disastrously
- Disastrous Dis*as"trous, a. [Cf. F. d['e]sastreux. See
{Disaster}.]
1. Full of unpropitious stellar influences; unpropitious;
ill-boding. [Obs.]
[1913 Webster]
The moon In dim eclipse, disastrous twilight sheds. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
2. Attended with suffering or disaster; very unfortunate; calamitous; ill-fated; ending in utter failure or ruin; as, a disastrous day; a disastrous termination of an undertaking. [1913 Webster]
Wherein I spake of most disastrous chances. --Shak. -- {Dis*as"trous*ly}, adv. -- {Dis*as"trous*ness}, n. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.