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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Sadly \Sad"ly\, adverb
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) 2.0 [wn]:
sadly
adverb
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}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
83 Moby Thesaurus words for "sadly": abominably, agonizingly, awfully, baldly, balefully, bitterly, blatantly, bleakly, brashly, by ill hap, by ill luck, confoundedly, cruelly, damnably, deadly, deathly, dejectedly, deplorably, despondently, deucedly, dismally, distressfully, distressingly, dolorously, dreadfully, drearily, egregiously, excessively, excruciatingly, exorbitantly, extravagantly, flagrantly, frightfully, funereally, gloomily, gravely, grievously, grimly, harrowingly, heartbreakingly, heavily, hellishly, horribly, improperly, in adverse circumstances, inexcusably, infernally, inordinately, intolerably, lamentably, lugubriously, miserably, morosely, mournfully, nakedly, openly, painfully, pathetically, piteously, pitiably, ruefully, shatteringly, shockingly, solemnly, somberly, sombrously, something awful, something fierce, sorely, staggeringly, terribly, torturously, unashamedly, unbearably, unconscionably, unduly, unfortunately, unhappily, unluckily, unpardonably, unprovidentially, woefully, wretchedly
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