Antonyms for sadlysad·ly

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1. sadly, unhappilyadverb

   in an unfortunate way

   "sadly he died before he could see his grandchild"

   Antonyms:
   happily

   Synonyms:
   woefully, deplorably, lamentably, unhappily

2. sadlyadverb

   with sadness; in a sad manner

   "`She died last night,' he said sadly"

   Antonyms:
   happily

   Synonyms:
   woefully, deplorably, lamentably, unhappily

3. deplorably, lamentably, sadly, woefullyadverb

   in an unfortunate or deplorable manner

   "he was sadly neglected"; "it was woefully inadequate"

   Antonyms:
   happily

   Synonyms:
   woefully, unhappily, lamentably, deplorably

How to use sadly in a sentence?

1. Kok Chwee Sim:

   These sadly again are decreasing in numbers, from this, it sounds like my hobby is in decline. Not at all. New types such as the B787 Dreamliner and the Airbus A350XWB are now flying.

2. John Stanley:

   The government should take full cognizance of the fact that a particular regime is an authoritarian regime, it is suppressive of human rights ... and is likely to use force if necessary to protect its authority, if you look at human rights violations and you look at the use of force, sadly without any question over the last 12 months things have deteriorated in a pretty worrying way.

3. Celeste Holm:

   We live by encouragement and die without it--slowly, sadly, angrily.

4. Bernhard Schwartländer:

   Sadly, it is clear that the vested interests of the tobacco industry have been able to corrupt the national law discussions with a series of superficially compelling yet completely false arguments.

5. Sergio Cabanas:

   We've found entire families, we found almost all of them huddled together, which means that they were going to try and evacuate but sadly they didn't have time.

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