sadly
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1.0
- adverb
- /ˈsædli/
- She looked at the empty chair and sighed, sadly recalling their happy times together.
- say sadly
- shake one's head sadly
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Watch on YouTubeBut I know Victoria, who sadly is dead now.
- But I know Victoria, who sadly is dead now.
- OK, we have built a graveyard for all of the sadly, sadly lost icons that we had.
- And in fact, my beloved neighbor, Mark Mancal, who lived next door and sadly passed away during the pandemic.
- Me, Paul's funeral, you know, a good pal of mine who will be sadly missed.
- And I've, my mum sadly died about four years ago and she left me the money which has kept me going.
- My father was sadly an alcoholic died while while while he was quite young.
- He, you know, he's a few sadly passed away, but took took his own life, which is tragic.
Examples
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My mother told me this story sadly when I was in my teens.
Academic text (2014) -
And for that, we should all express our sincere gratitude to the man whose loss we are sadly mourning today.
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And I see this, sadly, all the time.
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One of them was sadly a disaster.
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But I know Victoria, who sadly is dead now.
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Without Charlie, history would be hugely and sadly different.
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And when you are experiencing acute grief, sadly the only way out is through.
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"No," she shakes her head sadly, "all the universities are closed now."
Academic text (2006) -
"We can manage without you," Joshua smiled sadly, amazed at the calm that had come over him.
Fiction book (1990) -
Terence worked at Hansard by day and Heaven by night before he sadly died of AIDS.
Synonyms
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2.9
Shows that something is sad or unlucky
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
9
3.2
With tears to show that someone feels sad
6
5.8
In a sad, quiet way that shows someone is unhappy
6
3.3
In a way that makes people feel sorry for someone or something
4
4.7
In a sad way that shows grief
4
5.1
In a way that makes people feel pity and want to help
4
6.7
In a sad, soft way that sounds like crying
3
5.5
In a serious and sad way
3
4.1
In a sad way that shows no hope
3
4.8
In a gloomy way that makes people feel sad or hopeless
3
7.4
In a sad, lonely way as if left alone
2
6.2
In a way that shows no hope or cheer
2
6.5
In a sad, disappointed way
1
4.6
In a sad way that shows a person is sorry
1
6.1
In a way that shows no hope
1
7.2
In a sad way that shows you are unhappy
1
8.5
In a very sad way that shows no comfort or hope
1
7.3
In a sad, hopeless way that shows you have lost hope
1
7.1
In a sad way that makes people feel sorry
1
8.3
In a way that shows someone crying with short noisy breaths
1
7.5
In a way that shows great loneliness and sadness
In a very sad way
In a sad and thoughtful way
In a very sad, gloomy way
In a way that shows tears and deep sadness
In a way that shows someone is crying
Antonyms
How Sad
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Sadly is made from sad + -ly, literally 'in a sad way'. The root sad means 'sorrowful', so sadly describes doing something with sadness.