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
Rather than fighting this system, or even fighting Janice Dickinson, Banks would sigh sadly and tell the women that this was just the way the industry worked.
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Kathleen Walsh, Glamour, 19 Feb. 2026
But perhaps the most comparable match to Rousey-Carano may, sadly, be the trilogy between Tito Ortiz and Chuck Liddell in 2018.
—Sarah Shephard, New York Times, 18 Feb. 2026
One man sadly watched the commemoration from a sidewalk in Tehran, not taking part.
—Jon Gambrell, Los Angeles Times, 11 Feb. 2026
And there was a Norms on Pico that is no longer there, sadly.
—Fielding Buck, Daily News, 10 Feb. 2026
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Kathleen Walsh, Glamour, 19 Feb. 2026
But perhaps the most comparable match to Rousey-Carano may, sadly, be the trilogy between Tito Ortiz and Chuck Liddell in 2018.
—Sarah Shephard, New York Times, 18 Feb. 2026
One man sadly watched the commemoration from a sidewalk in Tehran, not taking part.
—Jon Gambrell, Los Angeles Times, 11 Feb. 2026
And there was a Norms on Pico that is no longer there, sadly.
—Fielding Buck, Daily News, 10 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sadly
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Since October last year, Russia has intensified its drone and missile attacks on the Ukrainian energy system, knocking out electricity and heat and plunging millions of Ukrainians into long blackouts during bitterly cold winter temperatures.—
CNN Money,
CNN Money,
21 Feb. 2026
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In Alchevsk, a city in the Luhansk region, over half the homes have been without heat for two bitterly cold months.—
Yuras Karmanau,
Los Angeles Times,
20 Feb. 2026
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Tarun would tease her, and my mother would look sorrowfully toward Kavitha, as if the two of them now shared some womanly burden.—
Madhuri Vijay,
New Yorker,
16 Nov. 2025
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Last year, a commitment to figuring out how to win each game’s evolving chess aided a run to 90 wins despite an offense that was painfully short of home run power.—
Tom Krasovic,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
21 Feb. 2026
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Viewers don’t need to be overly aware of the era’s politics to recognize the differences in worldview, circumstances and loyalties that painfully divide these sisters.—
Emily McClanathan,
Chicago Tribune,
20 Feb. 2026
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For their part, Democratic leaders spoke mournfully of limits, of energy shortages, of national decline, of a crisis of confidence itself.—
Rosa Lyster,
Harpers Magazine,
30 Dec. 2025
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Based on the Dylan Thomas prose poem of the same name, published in 1952, the film lovingly and mournfully depicts the boyhood Christmastime of an old Welshman, tenderly and a tad mischievously embodied by Elliott.—
Sheldon Pearce,
New Yorker,
21 Nov. 2025
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Teenagers look around and see adults thinking back on the year, whether wistfully, regretfully, triumphantly or gratefully.—
Dr. Marlena Corcoran,
Forbes.com,
29 Dec. 2025
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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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Elsewhere, stories of economic gloom – from galloping inflation to restaurant closures and the knock-on impact of severe tax increases – describe the many ways in which the prolonged war in Ukraine is now hitting Russians hard in the pocket at home.—
Matthew Chance,
CNN Money,
21 Feb. 2026
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The Marshall Tucker Band rocked The Guild in Menlo Park hard for 90 minutes on Friday night, turning in a 14-song performance that was an absolute testament to both the lasting greatness of this South Carolina troupe and the power of Southern rock.—
Jim Harrington,
Mercury News,
21 Feb. 2026
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“Sadly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sadly. Accessed 27 Feb. 2026.
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