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sadly

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sad  (sd)
adj. sad·der, sad·dest
1. Affected or characterized by sorrow or unhappiness.
2. Expressive of sorrow or unhappiness.
3. Causing sorrow or gloom; depressing: a sad movie; sad news.
4. Deplorable; sorry: a sad state of affairs; a sad excuse.
5. Dark-hued; somber.

[Middle English, weary, sorrowful, from Old English sæd, sated, weary; see s- in Indo-European roots.]

sadly adv.
sadness n.
Synonyms: sad, melancholy, sorrowful, doleful, woebegone, desolate
These adjectives mean affected with or marked by unhappiness, as that caused by affliction. Sad is the most general: "Better by far you should forget and smile/Than that you should remember and be sad" Christina Rossetti.
Melancholy can refer to lingering or habitual somberness or sadness: a melancholy poet's gloomy introspection.
Sorrowful applies to emotional pain as that resulting from loss: sorrowful mourners at the funeral.
Doleful describes what is mournful or morose: the doleful expression of a reprimanded child.
Woebegone suggests grief or wretchedness, especially as reflected in a person's appearance: "His sorrow . . . made him look . . . haggard and . . . woebegone" George du Maurier.
Desolate applies to one that is beyond consolation: "No one is so accursed by fate,/No one so utterly desolate,/But some heart, though unknown,/Responds unto his own" Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adv.1.sadly - in an unfortunate way; "sadly he died before he could see his grandchild"
happily - in an unexpectedly lucky way; "happily he was not injured"
2.sadly - with sadness; in a sad manner; "`She died last night,' he said sadly"
3.sadly - in an unfortunate or deplorable manner; "he was sadly neglected"; "it was woefully inadequate"
Translations

sadly [ˈsædlɪ] advtristemente (= regrettably); desgraciadamente;
sadly lacking (in) → muy deficiente (en)
sadly [ˈsædlɪ] advtristement (= unfortunately); malheureusement (= seriously); fort
sadly [ˈsædlɪ] sad advtraurig, betrübt;
(unfortunately) → leider, bedauerlicherweise;
(seriously) → schwer;
he is sadly lacking in humour → ihm fehlt leider jeglicher Humor
sadly [ˈsædlɪ] advtristemente (= regrettably); sfortunatamente;
sadly lacking in → penosamente privo di

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Hans soon came to himself, and got upon his legs again, sadly vexed, and said to the shepherd, 'This riding is no joke, when a man has the luck to get upon a beast like this that stumbles and flings him off as if it would break his neck.
A Fox seeing him sitting so long and learning the reason of his doing so, said to him, "You are indeed, sir, sadly deceiving yourself; you are indulging a hope strong enough to cheat you, but which will never reward you with enjoyment.
And there, in the focus of a million pairs of convergent eyes, the Ambitious Person sat him down between the sun and moon and murmured sadly to his own soul:
 
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