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# sadly

adverb (sadly; more sadly, most sadly)

«sadly» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. In a sad way. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sadly/#m1)
2. Unfortunately; it is sad that... (at the start of a sentence). [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sadly/#m2)
3. Very much, badly: sadly mistaken. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sadly/#m3)

### In the lessons

In stories it shows how someone speaks or acts. As a sentence opener it gives bad news gently. In euphemisms: «sadly, Grandpa passed away». Phrases: sadly missed, sadly mistaken.

### Examples

- The dog looked sadly at the empty bowl. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sadly/#x1)
- Sadly, the match was cancelled because of rain. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sadly/#x2)
- «I have to go home,» she said sadly. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sadly/#x3)
- Sadly, our hamster died last week. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sadly/#x4)
- You are sadly mistaken if you think that is easy. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sadly/#x5)
- He will be sadly missed by everyone. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sadly/#x6)
- The King shook his head sadly. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sadly/#x7)

### Note

Formed from sad + -ly. «Sadly, ...» at the start of a sentence is about the speaker's feeling about the news, not about how something was done.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «sadly» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sadly/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«sadly» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/sadly.html) on Mova free.