haggardly
- adverb
- /ˈhæɡərdli/
:
desaliñado
- The soldiers emerged from the battle haggardly, showing signs of weariness and distress.
Examples
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After a long night without sleep, she looked at me haggardly, her eyes dull and tired.
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He walked haggardly into the room, clearly exhausted from the long journey.
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I believe the city is a kind of Organism which forms haggardly by itself and at certain point acquires certain lines of tendencies.
Synonyms
23
3.0
In a tired way that shows little energy
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1.0
Someone moves or speaks in a tired, half-awake way
3
1.6
In a way that shows little energy
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2.4
In a sleepy, not fully awake way
1
4.9
In a very tired way after a long effort
Antonyms
How Tired
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Haggardly comes from haggard, an old word for someone or a bird that looked 'wild' or 'worn', often used about hawks that had been captured and looked very tired. So, think of a tired, rough-looking hawk to remember that haggardly means acting or looking very tired, worried, or worn out.