Regretfully
[rɪ'ɡrɛtfəli]
Definition
(adv.) with regret (used in polite formulas); 'I must regretfully decline your kind invitation'.
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Examples
- But I am afraid I don't, and Meg shook her head, as she thought regretfully of all the pretty things she wanted. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- He spoke regretfully and lapsed for a moment into his weary condition. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- We had seen no land fade from view so regretfully. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- Yes, I should think so, and Laurie thought regretfully of his own idle days. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- I offered to go, said Mrs. Yeobright regretfully. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- He looked at it regretfully. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- At the end of an hour I would wake up regretfully and find my face as smooth and as soft as an infant's. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
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