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Sadly

//ˈsædli// adv

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Adverb
  1. 1
    In a sad manner; sorrowfully.

    "“Only when we climb up can we see it,” he said sadly."

  2. 2
    Unfortunately, sad to say.

    "If you think you’re getting out of this place alive, you are sadly mistaken, my friend."

  3. 3
    In a manner to cause sadness; badly; terribly.

    "The people of Ebeltoft were once sadly plagued by them, as they plundered their pantries in a most unconscionable manner; so they consulted a very wise and pious man and his advice was, that they should hang a bell in the steeple of the church."

  4. 4
    Very much (of a desire etc.); dearly; urgently. dated

    ""Don't ask me: don't make me talk of it," she answered. "I'm not fit now. I have been cruelly used and cruelly wronged. You will be kinder than ever, if you will walk on fast, and not speak to me. I sadly want to quiet myself, if I can.""

  5. 5
    Deeply, completely. obsolete

    "By my feythe sayd syre launcelot in that pauelione wil I lodge alle this nyghte / and soo there he alyghte doune and tayed his hors to the pauelione / and there he vnarmed hym / and there he fond a bedde / and layd hym theryn / and felle on slepe sadly"

Adverb
  1. 1
    in an unfortunate way wordnet
  2. 2
    in an unfortunate or deplorable manner wordnet
  3. 3
    with sadness; in a sad manner wordnet

Etymology

From Middle English sadly; equivalent to sad + -ly.

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