sadly

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.

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

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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.

Thesaurus

Adv.	1.	sadly - in an unfortunate way; "sadly he died before he could see his grandchild" unhappily 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" deplorably, lamentably, woefully

Translations

sadly [ˈsædlɪ] adv → tristemente (= regrettably); desgraciadamente;

sadly lacking (in) → muy deficiente (en)

sadly [ˈsædlɪ] adv → tristement (= unfortunately); malheureusement (= seriously); fort

sadly [ˈsædlɪ] sad adv → traurig, betrübt;

(unfortunately) → leider, bedauerlicherweise;

(seriously) → schwer;

he is sadly lacking in humour → ihm fehlt leider jeglicher Humor

sadly [ˈsædlɪ] adv → tristemente (= regrettably); sfortunatamente;

sadly lacking in → penosamente privo di