What does Unhappily mean?

Definitions for Unhappily
un·hap·pi·ly

This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word Unhappily.

Princeton's WordNet

  1. unhappilyadverb

    in an unpleasant way

    "they were unhappily married"

  2. sadly, unhappilyadverb

    in an unfortunate way

    "sadly he died before he could see his grandchild"

Wiktionary

  1. unhappilyadverb

    In an unhappy manner.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Unhappilyadverb

    Miserably; unfortunately; wretchedly; calamitously.

    Etymology: from unhappy.

    You hold a fair assembly: you do well, lord.
    You are a churchman, or I’ll tell you, cardinal,
    I should judge now most unhappily. William Shakespeare.

    He was unhappily too much used as a check upon the lord Coventry. Edward Hyde.

    I unweeting have offended,
    Unhappily deceiv’d! John Milton, Par. Lost.

    There is a day a coming, when all these witty fools shall be unhappily undeceived. John Tillotson, Sermons.

Wikipedia

  1. unhappily

    Unhappily Ever After is an American sitcom television series that aired for 100 episodes on The WB from January 11, 1995, to May 23, 1999, for a total of five seasons. The series was produced by Touchstone Television.

ChatGPT

  1. unhappily

    Unhappily is an adverb that refers to doing something in a sad, sorrowful, dissatisfied, or discontented manner. It often conveys a sense of bad luck or unfortunate circumstances.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of Unhappily in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of Unhappily in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of Unhappily in a Sentence

  1. Tom Stoppard:

    The bad end unhappily, the good unluckily. That is what tragedy means.

  2. James Baldwin:

    Americans, unhappily, have the most remarkable ability to alchemize all bitter truths into an innocuous but piquant confection and to transform their moral contradictions, or public discussion of such contradictions, into a proud decoration, such as are given for heroism on the battle field.

  3. Alexander Meigs Haig:

    I'm the only American alive or dead who presided unhappily over the removal of a vice president and a president.

  4. Morrie Schwartz:

    Dying is only one thing to be sad over... Living unhappily is something else.

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