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unhappily /ʌnˈhapɪli /adverb1In an unhappy manner.‘The other international students don't take me seriously any more,’ he noted unhappily....- But wouldn't they rather see you happily unmarried than unhappily married?
- He and Ann, pausing unhappily outside in the hall, tiptoeing on the threadbare rug, could hear nothing from inside.
1.1 [sentence adverb] Unfortunately: unhappily, such days do not come too often...- This, unhappily and unfortunately, is nonsense.
- This loss is the more to be lamented, because the heir to his fortunes is unhappily not the heir to his graces.
- Happily or unhappily, depending on which way you view it, the blonde in question is likely to be the company's yet-to-be-launched new brew - an oak-aged pale ale.
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