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sadly |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Sadly \Sad"ly\, adv 1. Wearily; heavily; firmly. [Obs.] In go the spears full sadly in arest. --Chaucer. 2. Seriously; soberly; gravely. [Obs.] To tell thee sadly, shepherd, without blame Or our neglect, we lost her as we came --Milton. 3. Grievously; deeply; sorrowfully; miserably. ``He sadly suffers in their grief.'' --Dryden. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: sadly adv 1: in an unfortunate way "sadly he died before he could see his grandchild" [syn: {unhappily}] [ant: {happily}] 2: with sadness; in a sad manner; "`She died last night,' he said sadly" 3: in an unfortunate or deplorable manner; "he was sadly neglected"; "it was woefully inadequate" [syn: {deplorably}, {lamentably}, {woefully}]
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