Regretfully

Quick meaning: Regretfully is an adverb meaning In a regretful manner, with regret.

Meaning

In a regretful manner, with regret.

More Meanings

1. (proscribed) Unfortunately, in a manner inspiring or deserving regret; used only as a sentence adverb (to introduce and modify an entire sentence).

Example Sentences

The steak and chips partaken of for lunch seemed now to belong to another decade. He regretfully recognized the fact that he would not make a success of a hunger strike.

So after learning a great deal about iron founding and much more about pike fishing, one regretfully took leave of a shop full of kindly characters and proceeded to a worse lot of odours in the brass foundry.

To that end he had sent his men among the common folk of the town, from whom came a litany of tales that led Hawk to a stunningly wrong conclusion. "It seems I may not be good enough at listening," he said regretfully.

Synonyms for regretfully

Depending on context, synonyms include sorrowfully, ruefully, sadly, unfortunately, regrettably, alas.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include regrettably, regretful, deplorably, lamentably, reluctantly, woefully.

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