with regret
Wishing things differed
With regret signals reluctance or sorrow about what follows.
It softens bad news or refusals: With regret, we must decline your application.
The phrase often appears in formal correspondence where directness might seem harsh.
Someone who does something with regret wishes circumstances were different but proceeds anyway.
- reluctantlyWith obvious unwillingness
- sorrowfullyIn a mourning way
- apologeticallyIn a sorry manner
- I'm sorryExpression of regret
- remorsefullyWith sorrowful self-reproach
ruefully · wistfully · sadly · unfortunately · alas · mournfully · heavy-hearted · guilt · shame · apology · sigh · lament · farewell · goodbye · letting go · missed · missed opportunity · lost
with regretwith pleasure
Willing and eager agreement
gleefully · happily · gladly · joyfully · delightedly
with regreteagerly
With keen enthusiasm
willingly · enthusiastically · wholeheartedly · without hesitation · with open arms
with, regret, regrets, regretted, regretting, regretful, regretfully, regrettable, regrettably