What does sadly mean?
Definitions for sadly
sad·ly
Here are all the possible meanings and translations of the word sadly.
Princeton's WordNet
sadly, unhappilyadverb
in an unfortunate way
"sadly he died before he could see his grandchild"
sadlyadverb
with sadness; in a sad manner
"`She died last night,' he said sadly"
deplorably, lamentably, sadly, woefullyadverb
in an unfortunate or deplorable manner
"he was sadly neglected"; "it was woefully inadequate"
Wiktionary
sadlyadverb
In a sad manner; sorrowfully.
sadlyadverb
Unfortunately, sad to say.
sadlyadverb
Deeply, completely.
Webster Dictionary
Sadlyadverb
wearily; heavily; firmly
Sadlyadverb
seriously; soberly; gravely
Sadlyadverb
grievously; deeply; sorrowfully; miserably
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Spoken Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'sadly' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #4628
Adverbs Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'sadly' in Adverbs Frequency: #299
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of sadly in Chaldean Numerology is: 3
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of sadly in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7
Examples of sadly in a Sentence
I’m not sure we have learnt anything, sadly, I have lost confidence in our politicians completely.
Sadly, universities will not be able to tell the difference between a student who has studied hard over and over, and drove hundreds of miles to attempt to take the test, and those kids who didn't even try. A no-score looks the same -- it's a no-score.
Arkansas Governor Asa Hutchinson:
Sadly, we’ve been through this before, and we know how devastating these storms can be.
Finally, I want to deliver a message to the long-suffering people of Iran : The people of America stand with you, it has now been almost 40 years since this dictatorship seized power and took a proud nation hostage.Most of Iran’s 80 million citizens have sadly never known an Iran that prospered in peace with its neighbors and commanded the admiration of the world.
It is incredible in this day and age that one could even fathom that a legitimate rape victim was part of a conspiracy by a rival firm to harm Uber, sadly, these views, coupled with the scrutiny of private medical records, support rape culture and must end.
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Translations for sadly
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- tristamentCatalan, Valencian
- traurigerweise, traurigGerman
- con alma en pena, luctuosamente, tristementeSpanish
- malheureusementFrench
- tristementeGalician
- maestaLatin
- smutnoPolish
- tristementePortuguese
- печа́льно, уны́ло, тоскли́во, гру́стноRussian
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