Definitions for regretfully
re·gret·ful·ly

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1. regretfullyadverb

   with regret (used in polite formulas)

   "I must regretfully decline your kind invitation"

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1. regretfullyadverb

   In a regretful manner, with regret.

2. regretfullyadverb

   Unfortunately, in a manner inspiring or deserving regret; used only as a (to introduce and modify an entire sentence).

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1. regretfully

   Regretfully is an adverb that describes performing an action with a sense of sorrow, guilt, disappointment, or remorse. It is usually used to describe a decision or action one has made that they wish could be different or undone.

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of regretfully in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of regretfully in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of regretfully in a Sentence

1. Li Keqiang:

   Very regretfully it was shelved by the Myanmar government in 2011. But the contract is still in force. How to push this cooperation forward is an important thing for both countries, i think that the existing government has no time to get this project restarted. I believe that once the new government is in office, the Chinese government will continue to discuss with them how to restart this project.

2. Alexander Graham Bell:

   When one door closes, another opens; but we often look so long and so regretfully upon the closed door that we do not see the one which has opened for us.

3. The WEF:

   Regretfully, the tragic circumstances unfolding across geographies, an uncertain travel outlook, differing speeds of vaccination roll out and the uncertainty around new variants combine to make it impossible to realise a global meeting with business, government and civil society leaders from all over the world at the scale which was planned.

4. Mitch McConnell:

   Regretfully the bipartisanship is not on display this year, and the principal reason for that is I think what the new administration and the Democratic majorities in the House and the Senate are doing are wildly out of proportion to what we need at this particular juncture.

5. Mitch McConnell:

   It's pretty obvious we were not able, in the House, to pass a replacement. Our Democratic friends ought to be pretty happy about that because we have the existing law in place, and I think we are just going to have to see how that works out, we believe it will not work out well, but we'll see. They have an opportunity now to have the status quo, regretfully.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=regretfully
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Regretfully
3. ^ ChatGPT
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