as in bitterly
with feelings of bitterness or grief
sadly she told us how her dog died
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The pair performed a good, but not great, romantic rumba to The Little Mermaid classic, and sadly Sasha's friendly crab costume did not make an appearance.
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Calie Schepp, EW.com, 23 Oct. 2024
The German Village gem survived a pandemic debut, attracted the New York Times' attention and helped owner BJ Lieberman earn a James Beard nod (though he was sadly snubbed).
—Alissa Widman Neese, Axios, 21 Oct. 2024
Carreira’s is the kind of small, still-waters debut that nonetheless confidently sets out its maker’s store for future work — a clarion call for a new generation of social-realist cinema, sadly not as far removed from the previous one as their forebears might have hoped.
—Guy Lodge, Variety, 18 Oct. 2024
But, sadly for us pundits, there isn’t a reliable way to explain the chaos of thin margins in an election involving roughly two-thirds of eligible American voters and a bizarre mechanism like the Electoral College.
—Jay Caspian Kang, The New Yorker, 11 Oct. 2024
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Calie Schepp, EW.com, 23 Oct. 2024
The German Village gem survived a pandemic debut, attracted the New York Times' attention and helped owner BJ Lieberman earn a James Beard nod (though he was sadly snubbed).
—Alissa Widman Neese, Axios, 21 Oct. 2024
Carreira’s is the kind of small, still-waters debut that nonetheless confidently sets out its maker’s store for future work — a clarion call for a new generation of social-realist cinema, sadly not as far removed from the previous one as their forebears might have hoped.
—Guy Lodge, Variety, 18 Oct. 2024
But, sadly for us pundits, there isn’t a reliable way to explain the chaos of thin margins in an election involving roughly two-thirds of eligible American voters and a bizarre mechanism like the Electoral College.
—Jay Caspian Kang, The New Yorker, 11 Oct. 2024
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“Sadly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sadly. Accessed 23 Nov. 2024.
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