sadly
sad lee
- r in an unfortunate way
sadly he died before he could see his grandchild - r with sadness; in a sad manner
`She died last night,' he said sadly - r in an unfortunate or deplorable manner
he was sadly neglected
- The aid worker who has led us to the village shakes his head sadly and says no.
- He brushed off Ralph Nader's charge that his political rhetoric is too "white," saying sadly that, "Nader is trying to get attention.
- Who is crying? What lamenting sounds so sadly through the night?They are orphan children crying, bowed beneath their master's.