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regretfully
adverb re·gret·ful·ly \ri-ˈgret-fə-lē\
: with regret : with sadness or disappointment
—used to say that something is regretted
Full Definition of REGRETFULLY
1
: with regret
2
: it is to be regretted
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First Known Use of REGRETFULLY
1682
Related to REGRETFULLY
- Synonyms
- agonizingly, bitterly, dolefully, dolorously, grievously, hardly, inconsolably, lugubriously, mournfully, painfully, plaintively, hard, resentfully, ruefully, sadly, sorely, sorrowfully, unhappily, wailfully, woefully, wretchedly
- Antonyms
- blissfully, gladly, happily, joyfully, joyously
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