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alas
/əˈlæs/
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What does alas mean?
interjection
- Used to express sorrow, regret, compassion, grief, resignation, or disappointment.
noun
- A type of geological depression formed by the subsidence of permafrost, sometimes (partially) filled by a lake.
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IPA pronunciation
/əˈlæs/
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Excuse me for sending my daughter and not presenting myself, but sad motives connected with the toilet do not permit me, alas!
Others, alas, had an instinct towards artificiality in their very blood, and became adepts in counterfeiting at the first glimpse of it.
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She looked about and tried to assure herself with the sight of a dozen such details, but, alas, the secondary thought arrived.
You have indeed always been to me a most generous friend, but I know, alas, too well how greatly you overestimate me.
We, alas, are not an expert, nor a chemist, but just a simple enquirer in search of knowledge expressed in plain English.