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regretfully, adv.|rɪˈgrɛtfʊlɪ|
[f. prec. + -ly2.]
1. In a regretful manner.
1682Sir T. Browne Chr. Mor. 122 Men who dye in deplorable days, which they regretfully behold. 1705Greenhill Embalming 104 [Man] departs out of this world regretfully. 1872‘Mark Twain’ Innoc. Abr. xii. 83, I would wake up regretfully. 1880Ouida Moths I. vi. 179 ‘She is rude’, she added regretfully.
2. It is to be regretted (that); = regrettably adv.
A regrettable use, prob. after hopefully adv. 2.—R.W.B.
1976New Statesman 20 Aug. 237/1 Regretfully, that is no ground for leniency towards him. 1977N.Z. Woman's Weekly 10 Jan. 36/4 Regretfully I'm one of those who suffer from an odd compulsion. 1977Times Lit. Suppl. 15 Apr. 468/4 The investigators, who must regretfully remain anonymous, have produced..a richness of archaeological potential which it will take years to absorb and assess. 1977Jrnl. R. Soc. Arts. CXXV. 336/2 Regretfully, however, the editorial staff may justifiably be thought to stand criticized for what has been omitted.
So reˈgretfulness.
1870E. Mulford The Nation ix. 155 In the strict historical school there is always a regretfulness..that there is now no Hamilton and no Madison. |