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SADLY
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I. (adverb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
In an unfortunate way
Example:
sadly he died before he could see his grandchild
Synonyms:
sadly; unhappily
Classified under:
Antonym:
happily (in an unexpectedly lucky way)
Pertainym:
sad (experiencing or showing sorrow or unhappiness)
Sense 2
Meaning:
In an unfortunate or deplorable manner
Example:
it was woefully inadequate
Synonyms:
deplorably; lamentably; sadly; woefully
Classified under:
Pertainym:
sad (bad; unfortunate)
Sense 3
Meaning:
With sadness; in a sad manner
Example:
'She died last night,' he said sadly
Classified under:
Adverbs
Pertainym:
sad (of things that make you feel sad)
Context examples:
Again he shook his head sadly.
(White Fang, by Jack London)
But I was sadly conscious that up to now I had never found the secret of drawing it forth.
(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
At this sight she was sadly frightened, and shutting the door as fast as she could came back to her seat.
(Fairy Tales, by The Brothers Grimm)
Poor Isabella!—she is sadly taken away from us all!—and how sorry she will be when she comes, not to see Miss Taylor here!
(Emma, by Jane Austen)
Sir Nigel shook his head sadly.
(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
"Did not you think him sadly out of spirits?" repeated Lucy.
(Sense and Sensibility, by Jane Austen)
Our poor mother is sadly grieved.
(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)
Oh! Not seriously! Aye, and sadly too—for I had much rather stay.
(Northanger Abbey, by Jane Austen)
His words, spirited as they were in meaning, contrasted sadly with the weakness of the voice in which they were uttered.
(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)
This, then, is the last time, short of a miracle, that Henry Jekyll can think his own thoughts or see his own face (now how sadly altered!) in the glass.
(The Strange Case Of Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Hyde, by Robert Louis Stevenson)
