sadly
pronunciation
How to pronounce sadly in British English:
UK [ˈsædli]
How to pronounce sadly in American English:
US [ˈsædli]
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- Adverb:
- in an unfortunate way
- with sadness; in a sad manner
- in an unfortunate or deplorable manner
Word Origin
- sadly (adv.)
- c. 1300, "heavily," also "solidly," from sad + -ly (2). Meaning "sorrowfully" is mid-14c.
Example
- 1. Sadly , progress on both pledges is weak .
- 2. Sadly , we have never really recovered from the recession .
- 3. His wife sadly agreed that the marriage seemed broken .
- 4. Sadly , the results page doesn 't automatically update as new updates come in .
- 5. Completely true , and sadly irrelevant .