Sadness vs Sadly - What's the difference?
sadness | sadly |
(uncountable) The state or emotion of being sad.
(countable) An event in one's life that causes sadness.
In a sad manner; sorrowfully.
Unfortunately, sad to say.
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, title= (label) Deeply, completely.
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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
As a noun sadness
is the state or emotion of being sad.As an adverb sadly is
in a sad manner; sorrowfully.sadness
English
(wikipedia sadness)Noun
- She has experienced many sadnesses in her forty years.
Synonyms
* (state of being sad) forlornness, melancholy * (event causing sadness) misfortune, woesadly
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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.}}