regretfully - Longman Dictionary

From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishregretfullyre‧gret‧ful‧ly /rɪˈɡretfəli/ adverb 1 REGRET/FEEL SORRYfeeling sad because you do not want to do ... regretfully Wordfamily (noun) regret (adjective) regrettableregretful (verb) regret (adverb) regrettablyregretfullyFromLongmanDictionaryofContemporaryEnglishregretfullyre‧gret‧ful‧ly/rɪˈɡretfəli/adverb    1REGRET/FEELSORRYfeelingsadbecauseyoudonotwanttodowhatyouaredoing  ‘Imustgo,’hesaidregretfully.2[sentenceadverb]REGRET/FEELSORRYformalusedtotalkaboutasituationthatyouwishwasdifferentorthatyouaresorryaboutSYNregrettably  Regretfully,wedonothavetimetocontinuethisdiscussionnow.ExamplesfromtheCorpusregretfully•WhentheMunistoppedatMasonicIgotoff,regretfully.•"We'dbettergoback,"shesaidregretfully,"beforeitrains."•Becauseofourcomparativeapproach,wemustregretfullybypassinterestingproblemswithintheindividualcountries.•ButalsothatdayhesentanotetotheNawab,regretfullydecliningtheinvitation.28February.•Regretfully,Elliotwasforcedtoclosethebusiness.•No,regretfullyMrsFielddiedbeforeitcouldbearranged.•Intheendhesentit,regretfully,toPaul,thusaddingtothelatter'stroubles. Quizzes Quizzes Takeourquickquizzestopractiseyourvocabulary. Wehavethousandsofsix-questionquizzestotry. Choosefromcollocations,synonyms,phrasalverbsandmore. Picturesoftheday Whatarethese? Clickonthepicturestocheck. Exploretopics Furniture Religion&thought Baseball Magic Seealltopics Wordoftheday uneasy worriedorslightlyafraidbecauseyouthinkthatsomethingbadmighthappen