as in bitterly
with feelings of bitterness or grief
sadly she told us how her dog died
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Cobra Kai never dies, but Netflix’s popular karate action series has sadly come to an end.
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Jordan Moreau, Variety, 13 Feb. 2025
And the two are sadly, fatefully and inexorably tied together like the gasp before impact and the silence that follows.
—Mike Bianchi, Orlando Sentinel, 13 Feb. 2025
No doubt this film would have been a natural for theatres, even Imax, but, sadly for AMC, the Skydance production for Apple Original Films is headed straight to streaming.
—Pete Hammond, Deadline, 13 Feb. 2025
Arturo, sadly, disconsolately, a distant look in his eye, pulls the covers up over his face the way people do over a dead body.
—David Rabe, The New Yorker, 2 Feb. 2025
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Jordan Moreau, Variety, 13 Feb. 2025
And the two are sadly, fatefully and inexorably tied together like the gasp before impact and the silence that follows.
—Mike Bianchi, Orlando Sentinel, 13 Feb. 2025
No doubt this film would have been a natural for theatres, even Imax, but, sadly for AMC, the Skydance production for Apple Original Films is headed straight to streaming.
—Pete Hammond, Deadline, 13 Feb. 2025
Arturo, sadly, disconsolately, a distant look in his eye, pulls the covers up over his face the way people do over a dead body.
—David Rabe, The New Yorker, 2 Feb. 2025
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“Sadly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sadly. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.
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