regretfully

re·gret·ful (r

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adj.

Full of regret; sorrowful or sorry.

re·gretful·ly adv.

re·gretful·ness n.

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Adv.

regretfully - with regret (used in polite formulas); "I must regretfully decline your kind invitation"

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regretfully [rɪˈgretfəlɪ] ADV (= sadly) → con pesar
"I'm sorry that I am unable to go", he said regretfully → -lamento no poder ir -dijo con pesar
she spoke regretfully → habló con sentimiento
regretfully I have to tell you that → siento tener que decirles que ...

regretfully [rɪˈgrɛtfʊli] adv [decline, accept, refuse, decide] → à regret, avec regret
regretfully, we are unable to ... → malheureusement, nous ne sommes pas en mesure de ...

regretfully

adv

(= with regret) → mit Bedauern; very regretfully I must announce … → sehr zu meinem Bedauern muss ich bekannt geben, …

(= unfortunately, regrettably) → bedauerlicherweise, leider; regretfully, nationalism is flourishing in modern Europe → bedauerlicherweise or leider gedeiht heute in Europa der Nationalismus

regretfully [rɪˈgrɛtfəlɪ] adv (sadly) → con molto rimpianto, con rincrescimento; (unwillingly) → a malincuore

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I did so regretfully, and the dim objects in the room emerged from the shadows and took their place about me with the helpfulness which custom breeds.

My Antonia by Cather, Willa View in context

The sun poured down its burning rays upon the heathen deities of marble and bronze: it raised the temperature of the water in the conch shells, and ripened, on the walls, those magnificent peaches, of which the king, fifty years later, spoke so regretfully, when, at Marly, on an occasion of a scarcity of the finer sorts of peaches being complained of, in the beautiful gardens there - gardens which had cost France double the amount that had been expended on Vaux - the

The Man in the Iron Mask by Dumas, Alexandre View in context

"I'm sorry to part with Rusty," said Anne regretfully, "but it would be no use to take him to Green Gables.

Anne of The Island by Montgomery, Lucy Maud View in context

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