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Wordnet 3.0

ADVERB (3)

1. in an unfortunate way;
- Example: "sadly he died before he could see his grandchild"
[syn: sadly, unhappily]

2. with sadness; in a sad manner;
- Example: "`She died last night,' he said sadly";

3. in an unfortunate or deplorable manner;
- Example: "he was sadly neglected"
- Example: "it was woefully inadequate"
[syn: deplorably, lamentably, sadly, woefully]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Sadly \Sad"ly\, adv.
   1. Wearily; heavily; firmly. [Obs.]
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            In go the spears full sadly in arest. --Chaucer.
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   2. Seriously; soberly; gravely. [Obs.]
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            To tell thee sadly, shepherd, without blame
            Or our neglect, we lost her as we came. --Milton.
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   3. Grievously; deeply; sorrowfully; miserably. "He sadly
      suffers in their grief." --Dryden.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

sadly
    adv 1: in an unfortunate way; "sadly he died before he could see
           his grandchild" [syn: sadly, unhappily] [ant:
           happily]
    2: with sadness; in a sad manner; "`She died last night,' he
       said sadly"
    3: in an unfortunate or deplorable manner; "he was sadly
       neglected"; "it was woefully inadequate" [syn: deplorably,
       lamentably, sadly, woefully]