Sadly vs Unfortunately - What's the difference?
sadly | unfortunately | Synonyms |
In a sad manner; sorrowfully.
Unfortunately, sad to say.
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*:By my feythe sayd syre launcelot in that pauelione wil I lodge alle this nyghte / and soo there he alyghte doune and tayed his hors to the pauelione / and there he vnarmed hym / and there he fond a bedde / and layd hym theryn / and felle on slepe sadly
Happening through bad luck, or because of some unfortunate event.
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Unfortunately is a synonym of sadly.
As adverbs the difference between sadly and unfortunately
is that sadly is in a sad manner; sorrowfully while unfortunately is happening through bad luck, or because of some unfortunate event.sadly
English
Adverb
(en-adv)Tottenham 1-5 Chelsea, passage=Before kick-off, a section of Chelsea's support sadly let themselves and their club down by noisily interrupting the silence held in memory of the Hillsborough disaster and for Livorno midfielder Piermario Morosini, who collapsed and died after suffering a heart attack during a Serie B game on Saturday.}}
Usage notes
In sense of “unfortunately”, most often used either in the collocation “sadly mistaken” or as a (sentence adverb). See discussion of sentence modifiers at (hopefully) and (regretfully).Synonyms
* (in a sad manner) (l), (l), (l), (l) (various terms for particular shades of sadness) * (unfortunately) (l), (l), (l), (l), (l)unfortunately
English
Adverb
(en adverb)- Unfortunately , the uproar awoke Mr. Jones, who sprang out of bed, making sure that there was a fox in the yard.
