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I would like to play an average guy. I would have loved to play opposite John Candy in a movie. That was my dream for a long time, and sadly, now I can never realize that. But I'd like to do comedy.
Warwick Davis

Meaning of "sadly" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF SADLY

sadly  [ˈsædlɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SADLY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Sadly is an adverb.
The adverb is an invariable part of the sentence that can change, explain or simplify a verb or another adverb.

WHAT DOES SADLY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

sadly

Sadness

Sadness is emotional pain associated with, or characterized by feelings of disadvantage, loss, despair, helplessness and sorrow. An individual experiencing sadness may become quiet or lethargic, and withdraw themselves from others. Crying is often an indication of sadness. Sadness is one of the "six basic emotions" described by Paul Ekman, along with happiness, anger, surprise, fear and disgust.

Definition of sadly in the English dictionary

The definition of sadly in the dictionary is in a an unhappy or sad manner. Other definition of sadly is unfortunately; regrettably.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH SADLY


allegedly
əˈlɛdʒɪdlɪ
badly
ˈbædlɪ
Bradley
ˈbrædlɪ
broadly
ˈbrɔːdlɪ
deadly
ˈdɛdlɪ
Dudley
ˈdʌdlɪ
friendly
ˈfrɛndlɪ
gladly
ˈɡlædlɪ
Hadlee
ˈhædlɪ
hardly
ˈhɑːdlɪ
kindly
ˈkaɪndlɪ
madly
ˈmædlɪ
medley
ˈmɛdlɪ
proudly
ˈpraʊdlɪ
rapidly
ˈræpɪdlɪ
repeatedly
rɪˈpiːtɪdlɪ
reportedly
rɪˈpɔːtɪdlɪ
secondly
ˈsɛkəndlɪ
undoubtedly
ʌnˈdaʊtɪdlɪ
widely
ˈwaɪdlɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE SADLY

sadhana
sadhe
sadhu
Sadi
sadiron
sadism
sadist
sadistic
sadistically
Sadler´s Wells
sadness
sado
sado-masochistic
sadomasochism
sadomasochist
Sadowa
SADS
sadza

WORDS THAT END LIKE SADLY

admittedly
boldly
cuddly
decidedly
dreadly
environmentally friendly
godly
hurriedly
loudly
markedly
mildly
oddly
otherworldly
profoundly
supposedly
thirdly
to put it mildly
unexpectedly
user-friendly
wildly

Synonyms and antonyms of sadly in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «sadly» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF SADLY

Find out the translation of sadly to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of sadly from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «sadly» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

悲伤地
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

tristemente
570 millions of speakers

English

sadly
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

अफसोस की बात है
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

بِحُزْن
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

печально
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

tristemente
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

দুঃখিতভাবে
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

tristement
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Sedih
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

traurigerweise
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

悲しんで
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

슬프게
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Sedhih
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

buồn rầu
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

துரதிர்ஷ்டவசமாக
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

खिन्नपणे
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

ne yazık ki
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

tristemente
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

niestety
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

сумно
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

din păcate
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

δυστυχώς
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

ongelukkig
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

tyvärr
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

dessverre
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of sadly

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «SADLY»

The term «sadly» is very widely used and occupies the 12.134 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «SADLY» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about sadly

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10 QUOTES WITH «SADLY»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word sadly.
1
Eric Allman
Personally, one of the down sides of founding a company is that there is always too much work to do, and sadly I find I don't have much time to code any more.
2
Eric Alterman
Whether people care enough about local news to pay for it is, sadly, an entirely different question than whether our democracy requires a strong watchdog function at the local level to ensure safeguards against abuse, chicanery, and outright dishonesty.
3
Antisthenes
I am sadly afraid that I must have done some wicked thing.
4
Vanna Bonta
It's weird how people who are the least close to me or who've never even met me purport to be experts on the real me; and then, sadly, there are those who could be in touch with me but prefer to gossip with strangers about me instead.
5
Brene Brown
If you think dealing with issues like worthiness and authenticity and vulnerability are not worthwhile because there are more pressing issues, like the bottom line or attendance or standardized test scores, you are sadly, sadly mistaken. It underpins everything.
6
Julie Burchill
As a precocious teen I dreamed of being Graham Greene. Well, as it turned out, I never wrote a great novel, sadly, and I never converted to Catholicism, happily, but I did do one thing he did. That is, in middle age I moved to a seaside town and got into a right barney with the local powers-that-be.
7
David Cassidy
The difference now is that the paparazzi get paid fortunes. That's what motivates people; it's about the money, sadly, at anyone's expense.
8
Jonathan Coleman
Though it's impossible for us to legislate one's thoughts and feelings, we still need things like affirmative action in place because without measures like it, people in charge would not have, sadly, enough impetus to do, as cliched as it sounds, the right thing.
9
Jilly Cooper
Leo, sadly, has Parkinson's, but he used to cook all sorts of dazzling things.
10
Warwick Davis
I would like to play an average guy. I would have loved to play opposite John Candy in a movie. That was my dream for a long time, and sadly, now I can never realize that. But I'd like to do comedy.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SADLY»

Discover the use of sadly in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to sadly and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Dumbemployed: Hilariously Dumb and Sadly True Stories about ...
Presents more than eight hundred brief anecdotes about humorous stupidity in the workplace.
Phil Edwards, Matt Kraft, 2011
2
Sadly Troubled History: The Meanings of Suicide in the ...
In a study of nearly 7000 suicides from 1900 to 1950, John Weaver documents the challenges that ordinary people experienced during turbulent times and, using witnesses' testimony, death bed statements, and suicide notes, reconstructs ...
John C. Weaver, 2009
3
And Sadly Teach: Teacher Education and Professionalization ...
To lend weight to his charge that the public school teacher has been betrayed and gravity to his indictment of the educational establishment for that betrayal, Jurgen Herbst goes back to the beginnings of teacher education in America in the ...
Jurgen Herbst, 1991
4
Sadly
Poetry. Drawing equally on Buddhist sutras and country blues, William Fuller's Sadly derives compassion from its ironic vision.
William Fuller, 2003
5
Sadly Missed
When happy-go-lucky Ros Green and pompous git Detective Constable Jack Russell team up to investigate the murder of an old school friend the partmership proves surprisingly successful.
Anna Bradley, 2005
6
Multidimensional Semantics of Evaluative Adverbs
Sadly, this is true, but even more sadly, the sentiment expressed is not entirely surprising.11 b. Very unfortunately, she had no husband. She had never had a husband, and therefore did not kill a husband. (from Nemesis by Agatha Christie) I ...
Mingya Liu, 2012
7
Kiss Me Sadly
This is the tale of two parallel lives.
Maxim Jakubowski, 2005
8
Susie, Sadly, and the Black Torpedo of Doom
Now, Susie, Sadly, and the Black Torpedo of Doom finds the Littells back on U.S. soil-and firmly planted in the peaceful 1950s New York suburbs. Or at least they were peaceful until John's younger sister, Susie, was born.
John S. Littell, 2002
9
A Treatise Explanatory of a New System of Naval, Military ...
... Sabring 853 Saddling 918 Safely received 984 Saccharine 854 Saddler 919 Safely scut — 985 Sacerdotal — 855 Saddlers — 920 Safely sent to 986 The) sacerdotal office 850 Sadly 921 Safely to 987 To sack 857 Sadly afraid 922 Safely to ...
John Macdonald, 1817
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The Dublin University Magazine
No champion came to break her bonds, the drooping one must wed The knight who held her thus in thrall, her guardian, Kenelred, Who rather should have shielded her, the iron Kenelred, And she sighed, Sadly sighed, ever sighed, through ...
‎1845

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SADLY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term sadly is used in the context of the following news items.
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Sadly, London needs the foreign money its Labour politicians despise
Sadly, London needs the foreign money its Labour politicians despise. Until the global city has more tax-raising powers close to home it will heavily depend on ... «The Guardian, Jul 15»
2
Sadly for gold investors, all news is currently good news
In early Asia trading, the gold price dropped suddenly and sharply, setting a new five-year low. Was it an accidental “fat finger” trade or an algorithm run amok? «Quartz, Jul 15»
3
Hundreds of floral tributes left in Grays where motorcyclist Zach …
HUNDREDS of floral tributes have been left in Grays at the scene where motorcyclist Zach Smallcombe sadly died in a road accident. Flowers, candles, pictures ... «Thurrock Gazette, Jul 15»
4
Ben will be sadly missed
A highly respected character, Lurgan man Ben Gentle will be sadly missed by ... He will be very sadly missed by his brother, sisters, nieces and nephews and by ... «Lurgan Mail, Jun 15»
5
J.R. Smith Sadly Exits NBA Finals Game 6 on PhunkeeDuck He …
The Cleveland Cavaliers fell to the Golden State Warriors in Game 6 of the NBA Finals to lose their chance at the 2014-15 NBA title, and J.R. Smith's exit from ... «Bleacher Report, Jun 15»
6
Preserved dinosaur cells found — but sadly scientists still can't build …
The science behind the “Jurassic Park” films always seemed far-fetched, even before the latest installment, “Jurassic World,” introduced the idea of genetically ... «myfox8.com, Jun 15»
7
Sadly, 'San Andreas' is unlikely to spur quake preparedness
Los Angeles: It would be nice if the publicity surrounding the new film San Andreas, with its science-bending pyrotechnics about the cinematic Big One, ... «Sydney Morning Herald, Jun 15»
8
'Sadly typical': Critics prove liberal author's point by ignoring her …
Liberal pundit Kirsten Powers is fairly certain that the many critics attacking her book this week have not read a single page of The Silencing: How the Left is ... «Washington Examiner, May 15»
9
Sadly obsessed with the SOLs
Today's front-page story asks if there are too many Standards of Learning exams. Our answer is yes. Worse, they are over-emphasized and have hijacked K-12 ... «Staunton News Leader, May 15»
10
Sadly Mayweather beats domestic abuse history, too
Floyd Mayweather Jr. is the highest-paid athlete in sports history. He's also been to jail for beating the mother of three of his children. Photo: Wally Skalij, MBR. «Houston Chronicle, May 15»

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