regretfully vs regrettably :

regretfully vs regrettably

regretfully or regrettably

Regretfully means something expressing regret or an act of a person feeling regret.

"I reminisced on my past decisions regretfully."

Regrettably is used to express something that causes regret. It could mean unfortunately where it is used to express apology and sadness at something.

"Regrettably, nothing has changed since James left."


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Definitions
  regretfully
  • r  with regret (used in polite formulas)
    I must regretfully decline your kind invitation
  regrettably
  • r  by bad luck
News & Articles
  regretfully
  • Rutledge removes name as sponsor as school district dissolution bills pass House
    State Rep. David Rutledge, D-Superior Township, says he regretfully opposed House Bills 4813 and 4815, which deal with dissolving financially struggling school districts. Rutledge removed his name as a sponsor Thursday as both bills passed 58-49 in the House...
    June 14, 2013 - AnnArbor.com
  • And No More
    According to the retraction notice , the paper from first and corresponding author Elena López at Hospital Universitario 12 de Octubre in Madrid, Spain, "has been regretfully retracted by the Editors because of significant overlap with a figure and text from previously published articles."
    June 11, 2013 - GenomeWeb News
  • And No More
    According to the retraction notice , the paper from first and corresponding author Elena López at Hospital Universitario 12 de Octubre in Madrid, Spain, "has been regretfully retracted by the Editors because of significant overlap with a figure and text from previously published articles."
    June 11, 2013 - GenomeWeb News
  regrettably
  • EDITORIAL: Kingston report falls short on race issue
    The wording of a city of Kingston report to the federal government is regrettably inelegant on the matter of Latino-black relations.
    June 13, 2013 - Kingston Daily Freeman
  • Letter: I was there
    Bernard Carey, Naples: Regrettably, this case went unsolved at that time.
    June 11, 2013 - Naples Daily News
  • Letter: I was there
    Bernard Carey, Naples: Regrettably, this case went unsolved at that time.
    June 11, 2013 - Naples Daily News