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# unhappily

adverb

«unhappily» 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, showing you are unhappy. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unhappily/#m1)
2. Unluckily; sadly, as a pity. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unhappily/#m2)

### In the lessons

in tales it tells how a character feels sad or how bad luck came; it is used like «unfortunately»

### Examples

- She looked unhappily at the broken toy. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unhappily/#x1)
- Unhappily, the boat sank before the storm ended. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unhappily/#x2)
- He spoke unhappily about his lost dog. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unhappily/#x3)

### Note

nothing for maths

## On Mova

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