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Meanings of sadly in English

Portuguese
descontentemente
Spanish
desgraciadamente

In an unfortunate manner.

descontentemente
Portuguese
lamentavelmente

In an unfortunate or deplorable manner.

lamentavelmente
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Examples for "unfortunately"
Examples for "unfortunately"
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In Europe, unfortunately, things seem to be going exactly the opposite way.
Reuters
2
Somebody needs to free this route; unfortunately, I am not that good.
Climbing Magazine
3
Of course its answer is simplistically correct, but unfortunately is wishful thinking.
The Irish Times
4
Such, unfortunately, was the case with Peter Banning's sense of Parental Responsibility.
Hook
5
We unfortunately have enough experience in Florida that we plan far ahead.
Feminist dot com
1
Twenty-five years ago he was working, unhappily, in Boston in endocrinological research.
The Irish Times
2
The Democratic party in the States had unhappily identified itself with slavery.
The Story of Garfield / Farm-boy, Soldier, and President
3
Twice I have been in love unhappily and once it bloomed happily.
The Prose of Alfred Lichtenstein
4
She was unhappily passionate; but was the most placable of her sex.
The History of Sir Charles Grandison, Volume 4 (of 7)
5
The son entered the navy, but unhappily died in his eighteenth year.
James Otis, the Pre-Revolutionist
1
Many of her thoughts were perfect syllogisms; unluckily they always remained thoughts.
Far from the Madding Crowd
2
But, luckily for the British and unluckily for the French, he recovered.
The Passing of New France : a Chronicle of Montcalm
3
Had the sultan unluckily perished in the hands of his celestial physician?
Five Weeks in a Balloon / Or, Journeys and Discoveries in Africa...
4
He had heard of reversing a telescope, and unluckily reverses the object.
Lives of the Poets, Volume 1
5
Most unluckily, no contemporary account of his own exists of the encounter.
Life and Letters of Thomas Henry Huxley — Volume 1
1
A chara, - Current events in Northern Ireland have been regrettably predictable.
The Irish Times
2
It is a welcome, though regrettably belated, development in the Syrian crisis.
The Irish Times
3
That debate has for many years been challenging, complex and, regrettably, fraught.
The Guardian
4
Now I must regrettably return to my office; I'm swamped with paperwork.
Beginnings
5
I thought it would be interesting but, regrettably, this did not happen.
The Irish Times
Usage of sadly in English
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Without new technology, however, record breaking attempts are liable to end sadly.
BBC
2
Heart Beat: The problems besetting our health service, sadly are not new.
The Irish Times
3
But to that simple question, sadly, there may be no simple answer.
The Irish Times
4
But can danger be liquidated - that's the question.' Sukhoi grinned sadly.
Metro 2033
5
However, we sadly neglect the privilege we're given in Ireland with ingredients.
The Irish Times
6
Using crime to delegitimize a civil rights movement, sadly, is not new.
The Guardian
7
It is a hope sadly belied by the reality on the ground.
The Irish Times
8
It is very sadly a rotten apple situation here, said Michael Spencer.
Reuters
9
He was working on a new novel which will sadly remain unfinished.
The South African
10
She says long term maintenance on the road has been sadly lacking.
Radio NZ
11
His crime was a late and high tackle, his victim sadly predictable.
The Guardian
12
Beatrice smiled sadly; matters of life and death were in the air.
Beatrice
13
We miss you sadly, both in the House and in the Council.
Round the Red Lamp: Being Facts and Fancies of Medical Life
14
Despite being a former sleuth, my sense of direction is sadly lacking.
Rebel island
15
Looking perplexedly at the disorder in the room, the mother whispered sadly:
Mother
16
Yes, sadly, once it has got a grip, there's not much hope.
A duty to the dead
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