adv
Meaning 1
In a sad manner; sorrowfully.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- “Only when we climb up can we see it,” he said sadly.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
sadly
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/ˈsædli/
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adv
Meaning 2
Unfortunately, sad to say.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- If you think you’re getting out of this place alive, you are sadly mistaken, my friend.
- Sadly, the two were never to meet again.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adv
Meaning 3
In a manner to cause sadness; badly; terribly.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adv
Meaning 4
Very much (of a desire etc.); dearly; urgently.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: dated
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adv
Meaning 5
Deeply, completely.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adverb
Meaning 6
in an unfortunate way
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- sadly he died before he could see his grandchild
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: unhappily
Antonyms: happily
adverb
Meaning 7
in an unfortunate or deplorable manner
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- he was sadly neglected
- it was woefully inadequate
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: deplorably, lamentably, woefully
Antonyms: none provided
adverb
Meaning 8
with sadness; in a sad manner
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- `She died last night,' he said sadly
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
From Middle English sadly; equivalent to sad + -ly.
Across languages
Translations
30 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Catalan: tristament — in a sad manner
- Esperanto: malgaje — in a sad manner
- Esperanto: triste — in a sad manner
- Finnish: surullisesti — in a sad manner
- French: tristement — in a sad manner
- Galician: tristemente — in a sad manner
- German: traurig — in a sad manner
- German: traurigerweise — in a sad manner
- Hungarian: búsan — in a sad manner
- Hungarian: szomorúan — in a sad manner
- Hungarian: bánatosan — in a sad manner
- Middle English: febly — in a sad manner
- Middle English: sadly — in a sad manner
- Norman: tristément — in a sad manner
- Norwegian Bokmål: trist — in a sad manner
- Norwegian Bokmål: vemodig — in a sad manner
- Norwegian Bokmål: sørgmodig — in a sad manner
- Norwegian Bokmål: bedrøvet — in a sad manner
- Polish: smutno — in a sad manner
- Portuguese: tristemente — in a sad manner
- Romanian: trist — in a sad manner
- Romanian: cu tristețe — in a sad manner
- Russian: гру́стно (grústno) — in a sad manner
- Russian: печа́льно (pečálʹno) — in a sad manner
- Russian: уны́ло (unýlo) — in a sad manner
- Russian: тоскли́во (tosklívo) — in a sad manner
- Spanish: tristemente — in a sad manner
- Spanish: con alma en pena — in a sad manner
- Spanish: luctuosamente — in a sad manner
- Turkish: üzgünce — in a sad manner