as in bitterly
with feelings of bitterness or grief
sadly she told us how her dog died
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Recent Examples of sadly
But as real as Grey Sloan Memorial feels to fans, the hospital sadly doesn't exist.
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Emily Blackwood, PEOPLE, 6 Nov. 2025
Ambiguity fuels risk, and risk, sadly, often fuels the potential for escalation.
—Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 3 Nov. 2025
Which, almost everything in America is nowadays — sadly.
—Dominic Patten, Deadline, 1 Nov. 2025
And as these latest, and sadly predictable, incidents clearly demonstrate, our parks cannot operate without them.
—Michael Salerno, AZCentral.com, 30 Oct. 2025
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Emily Blackwood, PEOPLE, 6 Nov. 2025
Ambiguity fuels risk, and risk, sadly, often fuels the potential for escalation.
—Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 3 Nov. 2025
Which, almost everything in America is nowadays — sadly.
—Dominic Patten, Deadline, 1 Nov. 2025
And as these latest, and sadly predictable, incidents clearly demonstrate, our parks cannot operate without them.
—Michael Salerno, AZCentral.com, 30 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sadly
Adverb
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The Thrombeys argue bitterly about politics, money, and immigration.—
Anna Russell,
New Yorker,
10 Nov. 2025
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The federal government shutdown enters its 21st day – headed toward its fourth week – as Democrats and Republicans remain bitterly divided over how to resolve rising health care costs.—
Bart Jansen,
USA Today,
21 Oct. 2025
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When cases do move forward, justice is often partial and painfully slow, with proceedings stretching on for years and often failing to bring those ultimately responsible to justice.—
Scott Griffen,
MSNBC Newsweek,
4 Nov. 2025
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Even if inflation was falling, prices were still rising – just more slowly, and from painfully high levels.—
David Goldman,
CNN Money,
4 Nov. 2025
Adverb
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The polite way to decline an invite to a wedding is to wish them well, thank them for inviting you and regretfully decline.—
Charna Flam,
PEOPLE,
23 Oct. 2025
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For the role of Desmond, Wilder turned to Swanson, who in real life had also once existed among Hollywood’s loftiest ranks at the height of her career during the Silent Era of the 1920s and '30s, but had gradually — but not regretfully — followed other directions when her stardom waned.—
Scott Huver,
People.com,
3 Aug. 2025
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That can take nefarious forms, such as hypothetically hard-coding cheaper ticket prices into the site that are hidden to human users but visible to AI bots, making the platform seem like a more affordable option to the computer model.—
Jacob Feldman,
Sportico.com,
10 Nov. 2025
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The show’s second season, based on Mona Kasten’s book Save You, follows the first installment, which found James Beaufort (Damien Hardung) and Ruby Bell (Harriet Herbig-Matten) go from enemies to lovers as the both worked hard to get into Oxford.—
Dessi Gomez,
Deadline,
10 Nov. 2025
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“Sadly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sadly. Accessed 14 Nov. 2025.
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