From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Unfortunate \Un*for"tu*nate\, adjective Not fortunate; unsuccessful; not prosperous; unlucky; attended with misfortune; unhappy; as, an unfortunate adventure; an unfortunate man; an unfortunate commander; unfortunate business. -- n. An unfortunate person. --Hood. -- {Un*for"tu*nate*ly}, adverb -- {Un*for"tu*nate*ness}, noun
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
adverb
1: by bad luck; "unfortunately it rained all day"; "alas, I cannot stay" [syn: {unluckily}, {regrettably}, {alas}] [ant: {fortunately}, {fortunately}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
26 Moby Thesaurus words for "unfortunately": by ill hap, by ill luck, impolitically, impoliticly, in adverse circumstances, inadvisably, inappropriately, inaptly, inauspiciously, incongruously, inconveniently, ineptly, inexpediently, infelicitously, inopportunely, sadly, undesirably, unfavorably, unfittingly, unhappily, unluckily, unpromisingly, unpropitiously, unprovidentially, unseasonably, unsuitably
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