Hypertext Webster Gateway: "sadly"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Sadly \Sad"ly\, adv.
1. Wearily; heavily; firmly. [Obs.]
In go the spears full sadly in arest. --Chaucer.
2. Seriously; soberly; gravely. [Obs.]
To tell thee sadly, shepherd, without blame Or our
neglect, we lost her as we came. --Milton.
3. Grievously; deeply; sorrowfully; miserably. ``He sadly
suffers in their grief.'' --Dryden.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
sadly
adv 1: in an unfortunate way; "sadly he died before he could see
his grandchild" [syn: {unhappily}] [ant: {happily}]
2: with sadness; in a sad manner; "`She died last night,' he
said sadly"
3: in an unfortunate or deplorable manner; "he was sadly
neglected"; "it was woefully inadequate" [syn: {deplorably},
{lamentably}, {woefully}]
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