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Definitions for unfortunately
un·for·tu·nate·ly
This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word unfortunately.
Princeton's WordNet
unfortunately, unluckily, regrettably, alasadverb
by bad luck
"unfortunately it rained all day"; "alas, I cannot stay"
Wiktionary
unfortunatelyadverb
Happening through bad luck, or because of some unfortunate event.
Etymology: un- + fortunate + -ly
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Unfortunatelyadverb
Unhappily; without good luck.
Unconsulting affection unfortunately born to mewards, made Zelmane borrow so much of her natural modesty, as to leave her more decent raiments. Philip Sidney.
Most of these artists unfortunately miscarry’d, by falling down and breaking their arms. John Wilkins.
She kept her countenance when the lid remov’d,
Disclos’d the heart, unfortunately lov’d. Dryden.
ChatGPT
unfortunately
Unfortunately is an adverb used to express or state something regretful, or something that has happened sadly, disappointingly or with unfortunate outcomes. It suggests that a particular event or situation has not turned out as one had hoped or desired.
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Unfortunately
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British National Corpus
Spoken Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'unfortunately' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #2402
Written Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'unfortunately' in Written Corpus Frequency: #1318
Adverbs Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'unfortunately' in Adverbs Frequency: #175
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of unfortunately in Chaldean Numerology is: 3
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of unfortunately in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3
Examples of unfortunately in a Sentence
Greece will undertake every effort so that NATO's mission contributes to the solution of the crisis, unfortunately it's clear that the obstacles .. arise from Turkey's unilateral demands and positions. Demands and positions which unfortunately are also expressed through a rise in activities which violate our airspace.
Guard with jealous attention the public liberty. Suspect everyone who approaches that jewel. Unfortunately, nothing will preserve it but downright force. Whenever you give up that force, you are inevitably ruined.
There are three rules for writing the novel. Unfortunately, no one knows what they are.
Winning is not a sometime thing it's an all time thing. You don't win once in a while, you don't do things right once in a while, you do them right all the time. Winning is habit. Unfortunately, so is losing.
My country is unfortunately suffering in the war with Russia -- not that Ukraine tried to give any aggression to any other nation, in this particular case Russia, unfortunately it's the other way around, i never thought that our brother folk is going to have war with us, so that Ukrainians and Russians are going to be divided with blood.
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- أسفArabic
- malauradamentCatalan, Valencian
- bohuželCzech
- desværre, uheldigvisDanish
- unglücklicherweise, leiderGerman
- δυστυχώςGreek
- bedaŭrinde, malfeliĉeEsperanto
- desafortunadamente, por desgracia, lamentablemente, desgraciadamenteSpanish
- kahjuksEstonian
- بدبختانه, متاسفانهPersian
- valitettavastiFinnish
- tíverriFaroese
- malencontreusement, malheureusementFrench
- दुर्भाग्य, दुर्भाग्यवशHindi
- sajnosHungarian
- ցավոքArmenian
- regretindeIdo
- þv%C3%AD miðurIcelandic
- sfortunatamente, purtroppo, malauguratamenteItalian
- לצעריHebrew
- 生憎, 残念Japanese
- بهداخهوهKurdish
- infeliciterLatin
- за жалMacedonian
- jammer genoeg, helaasDutch
- uheldigvis, dessverreNorwegian
- niestetyPolish
- infelizmentePortuguese
- к несчастью, к сожалениюRussian
- нажалост, nažalostSerbo-Croatian
- bohužiaľSlovak
- na žalostSlovene
- dessvärre, tyvärrSwedish
- อับThai
- maalesef, ne yazık kiTurkish
- neläboVolapük
- 不幸Chinese
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