sadly
IPA: sˈædɫi
adverb
- In a sad manner; sorrowfully.
- Unfortunately, sad to say.
- (dated) Very much (of a desire etc.); dearly; urgently.
- (obsolete) Deeply, completely.
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Examples of "sadly" in Sentences
- It ended sadly.
- Sadly, the result has been the same.
- Sadly, he is a saturnine billionaire.
- Sadly and reluctantly, she became a nun.
- Sadly, that is just the tip of the iceberg.
- Sadly, the sapling was uprooted by vandals.
- They would have maundered sadly on the festival.
- Sadly, they rebound mercilessly after parturition.
- It was shocking but then again sadly NOT shocking.
- Also the cardiocerebral resuscitation itself is sadly lacking.
- But, sadly, is disqualified for failing to acknowledge victory.
- Sadly this was not enough to ensure the longterm viability of the company.
- And changing partisan control changes nothing (as Obama, sadly, is finding out).
- The Hi-T of the title sadly does not refer to scones with cream and jam and those little mini cakes.
- Tom West sadly is ignorant of the fact that without a federal minimum wage, there is still a natural minimum wage.
- I'm no fan of Adamson but at least it's an original idea (I presume) which, sadly, is all too rare for fims of such a size these days. vegabro
- And statistics and polls prove that many of us were flip-flopping (a term sadly referring to one of John Kerry's biggest downfalls in the 2004 election) our way through the Dem-on-Dem crime.
- It came with a slurring rush upward, swelling to a great heart-breaking burst of sound, and dying away in sadly cadenced woe -- then the next rush upward, octave upon octave; the bursting heart; and the infinite sorrow and misery, fainting, fading, falling, and dying slowly away.
- So now, I watch sadly from the other side of the garden fence as the 42 tomato plants we have continue to fruit mercilessly, the pepper plants begin dropping their rotting children on the ground as new spears appear, and zucchinis expand like the grow-your-own toys we used to get from the dollar store as kids.
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