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Translations sadly [ˈsædlɪ] ADV 1. (= sorrowfully) [say, smile] → con tristeza, tristemente 2. (= regrettably) → desgraciadamente, lamentablemente sadly, we don't have much chance of winning → desgraciadamente or lamentablemente, no tenemos muchas posibilidades de ganar his uncle, who sadly died → su tío, que tristemente or desgraciadamente falleció it is a sadly familiar pattern → es un hecho por desgracia familiar sadly for him → lamentablemente or desgraciadamente para él 3. (= severely) their education has been sadly neglected → han descuidado su educación de forma lamentable to be sadly lacking in sth → ser muy deficiente en algo he will be sadly missed → se le echará mucho de menos you are sadly mistaken → estás muy equivocado to be sadly in need of sth → necesitar imperiosamente algo sadly [ˈsædli] adv (= in a sad way) → tristement "She's gone," he said sadly → "Elle est partie," a-t-il dit tristement. (= regrettably) → malheureusement Sadly, it was too late → Malheureusement, il était trop tard. to be sadly lacking in sth → manquer cruellement de qch sadly adv (= unfortunately) → bedauerlicherweise, leider; sadly (enough) he has … → bedauerlicherweise hat er …; sadly for the dolphins, there are no regulations to protect them → leider gibt es keine Bestimmungen zum Schutz der Delfine or Delphine (= regrettably, woefully) → bedauerlicherweise; he is sadly lacking in any sensitivity → ihm fehlt absolut jegliches Feingefühl; the house had been sadly neglected → es war traurig, wie vernachlässigt das Haus war; to be sadly in need of something → etw dringend benötigen or brauchen; to be sadly mistaken → sich sehr or arg täuschen; if you think you can hide the truth from us, you are sadly mistaken → wenn du glaubst, dass du uns die Wahrheit verheimlichen kannst, hast du dich sehr getäuscht sadly [ˈsædlɪ] adv (unhappily) → tristemente; (regrettably) → sfortunatamente sadly lacking in ... → completamente privo/a di... sadly [ˈsædlɪ] adv (unhappily) → tristemente; (regrettably) → sfortunatamente sadly lacking in ... → completamente privo/a di... How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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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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