Definitions for unfortunately
un·for·tu·nate·ly

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. unfortunately, unluckily, regrettably, alasadverb

   by bad luck

   "unfortunately it rained all day"; "alas, I cannot stay"

WiktionaryRate this definition:1.0 / 1 vote

1. unfortunatelyadverb

   Happening through bad luck, or because of some unfortunate event.

2. Etymology: un- + fortunate + -ly

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. 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.

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1. 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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1. Unfortunately

   Unfortunately is the fourth studio album by Shalabi Effect. It was recorded on three consecutive nights at the Montreal Arts Interculturels Institute live.

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'unfortunately' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #2402

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'unfortunately' in Written Corpus Frequency: #1318

3. Adverbs Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'unfortunately' in Adverbs Frequency: #175

Usage in printed sourcesFrom: 

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How to pronounce unfortunately?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say unfortunately in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of unfortunately in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of unfortunately in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

Examples of unfortunately in a Sentence

1. Vice President Hamilton Mourao:

   We have no doubt this problem will continue to exist, we don't consider this the best job for the armed forces, to be always engaged in this type of action, but unfortunately it's the means we have to limit these crimes from happening.

2. Nadia Gordon:

   Unfortunately with manatees, they are accustomed to being tidally stranded at times, we just let nature take its course.

3. Carsten Spohr:

   The white paper is very much in line with what we and Air France have said over the last years. Unfortunately we don't have the same intelligence services.

4. Anthony Fauci:

   Unfortunately, that better sense is not encouraging because we're seeing community spread, and whenever you see community spread, you can do contact tracing, but as more community spread it becomes logistically more difficult.

5. Carl Icahn:

   I have been an investor and supporter of Hertz( HTZ) since 2014. Unfortunately because of Covid-19 which has caused an extremely rapid and substantial decrease in travel, Hertz has encountered major financial difficulties.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=unfortunately
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Unfortunately
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=unfortunately
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=unfortunately
6. ^ Usage in printed sources
   https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=unfortunately