sadly
In dejected manner
Sadly means in a manner showing sorrow or regret: She smiled sadly and said goodbye.
It also serves as a sentence adverb expressing the speaker's disappointment about what follows: Sadly, the restaurant has closed.
This second use is extremely common, introducing unwelcome news or acknowledging unfortunate realities.
Expressing bad luck
- regrettablyWith disappointment expressed
- ruefullyWith sorrowful regret
- apologeticallyIn a sorry manner
- remorsefullyWith sorrowful self-reproach
shamefully · guiltily · repentantly · contritely · alas · lamentably · woefully · penitently
In a sorrowful way
- gloomilyIn a dejected manner
- despondentlyIn a hopeless manner
- dejectedlyIn a disheartened manner
- miserablyIn wretched fashion
forlornly · dismally · downcast · crestfallen · disheartened · morosely · somberly · bleakly
Filled with grief
- mournfulShowing or feeling grief
- tearfullyWhile shedding tears
- bereavementState following loss
- lossBeing without something
mourning · funeral · condolences · eulogy · lament · sorrow · heartbroken · weeping
With longing for past
- yearninglyWith intense wistful desire
- wistfullyWith pensive longing
- longinglyWith intense desire
- bittersweetlyWith mingled joy and sorrow
sentimentally · reminiscently · poignantly · reflectively · pensively · dreamily · soulfully · contemplatively
unfortunately
Expressing bad luck
- regrettablyWith disappointment expressed
- ruefullyWith sorrowful regret
- apologeticallyIn a sorry manner
remorsefully · shamefully · guiltily · repentantly · contritely · alas · lamentably · woefully · penitently · chagrined
unhappily
In a sorrowful way
- gloomilyIn a dejected manner
- despondentlyIn a hopeless manner
- dejectedlyIn a disheartened manner
miserably · forlornly · dismally · downcast · crestfallen · disheartened · morosely · somberly · bleakly · wistfully
sorrowful
Filled with grief
- mournfulShowing or feeling grief
- tearfullyWhile shedding tears
- bereavementState following loss
loss · mourning · funeral · condolences · eulogy · lament · sorrow · heartbroken · weeping · devastated
nostalgically
With longing for past
- yearninglyWith intense wistful desire
- wistfullyWith pensive longing
- longinglyWith intense desire
bittersweetly · sentimentally · reminiscently · poignantly · reflectively · pensively · dreamily · soulfully · contemplatively · achingly
- -LY wordssoftly, loudly, quickly, slowly, happily
- adverbsquickly, slowly, very, really, now
- sentence adverbsobviously, certainly, probably, possibly, perhaps
- apologiessorry, forgive me, my mistake, mea culpa, sincere apology
- casual intensifiersreally, very, super, totally, pretty
- lamentslamentation, wailing, keen, keening, lament
sadlyhappily
In a joyful manner
joyfully · cheerfully · joyously · merrily · gleefully
sadlythankfully
With grateful relief
fortunately · happily · luckily · mercifully · gratefully
sad, sadness, sadden, saddened, saddening, saddens, unsaddled