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Meanings of unfortunately true in English

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Usage of unfortunately true in English
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No, the Old Lady was none too happy, that was unfortunately true.
Chronicles of Avonlea
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That's unfortunately true, though the lawbreakers have now and then come off second-best.
Ranching for Sylvia
3
For the tale of his mischance and ill-fortune, as told by Hopkins, was unfortunately true.
Susy, a Story of the Plains
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But the reverse is unfortunately true as well.
The Irish Times
5
The first charge against England is unfortunately true.
The New York Times Current History of the European War, Vol. 1, ...
6
Her bad news was unfortunately true enough.
Thyrza
7
It is unfortunately true that a sizable group of academics who study environmental philosophy are hostile towards science.
The Irish Times
8
That she did teach positivism is unfortunately true, so far as her literary touch and expression is concerned.
George Eliot; a Critical Study of Her Life, Writings and Philoso...
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For it was unfortunately true that his was not the type of character she was most likely to admire.
We Two: A Novel
10
Everybody took for granted (what was unfortunately true) that he had received private information of the contemplated proceedings.
Armadale
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But it was unfortunately true that this early stage of independence was built upon the miserable dependence of other workers.
Problems of Poverty: An Inquiry into the Industrial Condition of...
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And hearing these things, unfortunately true, Marie would murmur, with a sort of obstinate gentleness, "Love is sacred."
Light
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It's unfortunately true that there are sometimes... problems which can only be addressed by stepping outside the normal avenues, as it were.
In Fire Forged
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And as is unfortunately true, this descent into moral darkness possessed the grateful illusion that it was an ascent into new light.
The Bride of the Mistletoe
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Madame, it is unfortunately true, an abyss lies between us, and this abyss is filled with the blood of the dearest friend of my youth.
Frederick the Great and His Court
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"But isn't it unfortunately true that Christianity spoke also of rewards?"
Our Friend the Charlatan
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