sadly
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1.0
- adverb
- /ˈsædli/
- His book is a... well-intentioned effort, but it falls sadly short in its coverage of the evidence.
- sadly, many
- sadly lacking
- sadly, it seems
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Watch on YouTubeSo all those guys sadly died except Marcus.
- So all those guys sadly died except Marcus.
- But these sadly do not work for me.
- Yeah, that's that's sadly derivative and just sad.
- And frankly, sadly, this is true to a point.
- There's still, sadly, wars in the world.
- So I feel like I sadly need to let you go.
- They waste a lot of time, years, decades, and sadly in some cases lifetimes.
- But generally, sadly, you do need the actors.
- If you think that you're in at that point, you're sadly mistaken, all right?
- A lot of these people, sadly, are cash rich and their life poor.
- My dad, sadly was stung by a Stingray.
- They are still going to be used and loved, just sadly not by Novi.
- And almost half the kids in Africa sadly suffer from this.
- They were literally locked in, frozen, and sadly this is irreversible.
Examples
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Sadly, the beloved park will be closed for renovations until next year.
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I would have even settled for a Libraries 101, but sadly, it never happened.
Academic text (2015) -
And the reason is, sadly, none of us is human.
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A lot of these people, sadly, are cash rich and their life poor.
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And, sadly, it's something she'll grow out of.
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We both knew it would end in tears, but sadly it was a necessary ritual.
Academic text (2013) -
Sadly, I'm not the one you are looking for but I can help you find him.
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I find it sadly ironic... that I am standing here today.
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Talent is flatly distributed, but sadly, opportunity is not.
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But sadly, like all the greats, El Macho was gone too soon.
Synonyms
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2.9
Shows that something is sad or unlucky
643
3.3
Saying that something is unfortunate or disappointing
140
7.4
To show sadness or feel sorry about something bad
35
4.6
Saying that something is sad or disappointing
27
6.5
In a way that is very bad or not good enough
15
1.3
In a sad or regretful way
13
3.8
Saying something while feeling sorry, often when you tell bad news
11
6.9
In a way that shows you feel sorry about something you did
5
4.1
In a way that makes you feel sad or hopeless
4
3.8
In a way that is worse than people expected
2
8.0
In a way that makes people feel regret or sadness
1
4.6
In a sad way that shows a person is sorry
1
9.1
A phrase people say to show regret about bad news
1
7.5
In a way that makes people feel surprised and upset
1
7.4
In a way that makes you feel disappointed and lose hope
In a very sad way
Antonyms
How Regrettable
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Sadly comes from sad + -ly, literally 'in a sad way', and people use it before bad news to mean 'unfortunately' because the news is sad or disappointing.