regrettably - Longman Dictionary

From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishregrettablyre‧gret‧ta‧bly /rɪˈɡretəbli/ adverb PITY/IT'S A PITYused to talk about a situation that you wish ... regrettably Wordfamily (noun) regret (adjective) regrettableregretful (verb) regret (adverb) regrettablyregretfullyFromLongmanDictionaryofContemporaryEnglishregrettablyre‧gret‧ta‧bly/rɪˈɡretəbli/adverb    PITY/IT'SAPITYusedtotalkaboutasituationthatyouwishwasdifferentorthatyouaresorryaboutSYNregretfully[sentenceadverb]  Regrettably,hewillnotbeabletocome.ExamplesfromtheCorpusregrettably•Regrettably,alotoftheworkintheshowisofpoorquality.•Thepooranddisadvantagedwill,regrettably,betheonestosufferasaresultofthenewlaw.•Asforthisdebut,itcomestousregrettablybeforeitstime.•Today,regrettably,Churchillianhonestyinhighplacesislessfashionable.•Overtheyears,moremoneyhasbeenputintoeducation,butregrettablyincertainareaslittlehasbeenachieved.•Someoftheseincidentsoccurred,regrettably,inpublic.•Mr.Hart'scommentswereregrettablyinappropriate.•RegrettablyJousse'sworkhasnotbeentranslatedintoEnglish.•ThetwoworkschoreographedbyAlleyhaveregrettablylittletoofferwheredanceidiomsareconcerned.•Wehaveconsideredatopicwhichis,perhapsregrettably,notatthecentreofAnglicanattention.•Attemptstodenigratehisplayingsimplybecauseofhispopularityaremisplacedbutregrettablywidespread. Exercises Exercises Vocabularyexerciseshelpyoutolearnsynonyms,collocationsandidioms. IntermediateandAdvancedlevelgrammarpracticewithprogresstests. Listeningandpronunciation,exampreparationandmore! Picturesoftheday Whatarethese? Clickonthepicturestocheck. Exploretopics Colours&sounds Bicycles,carts,horses College Wind,water,sun Seealltopics Wordoftheday uneasy worriedorslightlyafraidbecauseyouthinkthatsomethingbadmighthappen