Antonyms for regrettablyre·gret·tab·ly

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1. regrettablyadverb

   Synonyms:
   unfortunately, regretfully

2. regrettablyadverb

   In a manner inspiring or deserving regret.

   Synonyms:
   unfortunately, regretfully

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1. unfortunately, unluckily, regrettably, alasadverb

   by bad luck

   "unfortunately it rained all day"; "alas, I cannot stay"

   Synonyms:
   unluckily, unfortunately, alas

How to use regrettably in a sentence?

1. Secretary Wilkie:

   Once again the halls of Congress reverberate with odes to rugged individualism, state sovereignty, and contempt for the centralized super-state, these are bloodless battles Jefferson Davis could never fight but, they are no less vital for the future of American civilization. As our cities decay and our standards and spiritual traditions deteriorate, America is searching for a better way. Walker Percy urged us to look South to recover community, stability, and sense of place in God's order which we have regrettably lost. That is a tall proposition but it is certainly one Jefferson Davis would understand and certainly one for which Jefferson Davis would fight.

2. Patrick Moussignac:

   Regrettably, he's the most popular person in the country.

3. Phil Greene:

   Regrettably, he suffered a mechanical problem with his main propulsion system, which left him in the path of the storm, we do not know when his engine problems began to occur, nor the reasons for his engine problems.

4. Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull:

   I can assure Australians that our security system, our border protection, our domestic security arrangements, are much stronger than they are in Europe, where regrettably they allowed them to slip, that weakness in European security is not unrelated to the problems they've been having in recent times.

5. Paul Matey:

   It's important to make clear for the record that I had no knowledge, involvement or participation in any of those events, we certainly took steps to ensure at all times that the highest standards of propriety, ethics and legality were followed in the office. Regrettably, that did not appear to happen in this case.

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