HOW TO PRONOUNCE
sadly
/ˈsædli/
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What does sadly mean?
adverb
- In a sad manner; sorrowfully.
- Unfortunately, sad to say.
- In a manner to cause sadness; badly; terribly.
More meanings (2)
adverb
- (dated) Very much (of a desire etc.); dearly; urgently.
- (obsolete) Deeply, completely.
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IPA pronunciation
/ˈsædli/
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See this word in context.
Our earlier plans had been so sadly upset that we now found ourselves without food or drink, and I alone was armed.
The rattlers were sadly forgetting their manners, for they struck on no provocation whatever, and did not even remember to rattle afterward.
More book examples (3)
Tradition says that she was bitterly disappointed, as well she might have been, and her Indian brain must have been sadly puzzled.
But, I thought in my mind, Hindley, with apparently the stronger head, has shown himself sadly the worse and the weaker man.
She gazed pensively and sadly at the beautiful views from the windows and went "into every nook and cranny of the garden."