Significados de lamentably short en inglés

But that mild pastime fell lamentably short of its usual efficacy.

The results of the first day's onslaught fell lamentably short of the extravagant anticipations.

She could not let him fall so lamentably short of man's dignity, of man's estate, for his own sake.

Although we were both making fair incomes-mine perhaps a little doubtful and uneven, Archie's well assured-we were lamentably short of capital.

Our hero, Frank Greystock, falling lamentably short in his heroism, was not in a happy state of mind when he reached Bobsborough.

"Er,"-beganMellicent, anxious to respond to the signal, but lamentably short of ideas,-"Er,-Peggy