unfortunately
As luck failed
Unfortunately signals that what follows is regrettable or contrary to what one would hope: Unfortunately, the flight was canceled.
It often softens bad news or acknowledges disappointment.
The word can stand alone as a resigned response: Did we lose? Unfortunately.
With disappointment expressed
- sadlyIn a sorrowful manner
- remorsefullyWith sorrowful self-reproach
- apologeticallyIn a sorry manner
- ruefullyWith sorrowful regret
sorrowfully · alas · woefully · lamentably · I'm sorry · with regret · mea culpa · hindsight
In a sorrowful manner
- dismayinglyIn distressing manner
- dishearteninglyIn spirit-crushing manner
- discouraginglyIn hope-diminishing manner
- dispiritinglyIn mood-lowering manner
letdown · bummer · too bad · what a shame · frustratingly · crestfallen · downcast · deflating
In an unfortunate manner
- inauspiciouslyIn an ill-fated manner
- unfavorablyIn a critical manner
- badlyIn an inferior manner
- unhappilyIn a sorrowful way
cursedly · jinxed · star-crossed · hapless · luckless · ill-starred · doomed · troubled
regrettably
With disappointment expressed
- sadlyIn a sorrowful manner
- remorsefullyWith sorrowful self-reproach
- apologeticallyIn a sorry manner
ruefully · sorrowfully · alas · woefully · lamentably · I'm sorry · with regret · mea culpa · hindsight · second thoughts
sadly
In a sorrowful manner
- dismayinglyIn distressing manner
- dishearteninglyIn spirit-crushing manner
- discouraginglyIn hope-diminishing manner
dispiritingly · letdown · bummer · too bad · what a shame · frustratingly · crestfallen · downcast · deflating · anticlimactic
unluckily
In an unfortunate manner
- inauspiciouslyIn an ill-fated manner
- unfavorablyIn a critical manner
- badlyIn an inferior manner
unhappily · cursedly · jinxed · star-crossed · hapless · luckless · ill-starred · doomed · troubled · beset
- long wordssupercalifragilisticexpialidocious, antidisestablishmentarianism, incomprehensibilities, counterrevolutionary, electroencephalograph
- U-wordsugly, ultimate, ultra, umbrella, unable
- sentence adverbsobviously, certainly, probably, possibly, perhaps
- adverbsquickly, slowly, very, really, now
- apologiessorry, forgive me, my mistake, mea culpa, sincere apology
- refusalsno, decline, no thanks, refuse, nope
unfortunatelyfortunately
By favorable circumstance
luckily · fortuitously · providentially · mercifully · serendipitously
unfortunatelyhappily
In a joyful manner
thankfully · gladly · favorably · gratifyingly · pleasingly
unfortunatelyhappily
In a joyful manner
thankfully · gladly · joyfully · delightfully · gratefully
- how unfortunateExpression of sympathy