"sadly" meaning in All languages combined

See sadly on Wiktionary

Adverb [English]

IPA: /ˈsædli/ Audio: en-us-sadly.ogg [US] Forms: sadlier [comparative], more sadly [comparative], sadliest [superlative], most sadly [superlative]
Rhymes: -ædli Etymology: From Middle English sadly; equivalent to sad + -ly. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|sadly}} Middle English sadly, {{af|en|sad|-ly}} sad + -ly Head templates: {{en-adv|er|more}} sadly (comparative sadlier or more sadly, superlative sadliest or most sadly)
  1. In a sad manner; sorrowfully. Synonyms (in a sad manner): sorrowfully, ruefully, mournfully, regretfully (english: various terms for particular shades of sadness) Translations (in a sad manner): tristament (Catalan), surullisesti (Finnish), tristement (French), tristemente (Galician), traurig (German), traurigerweise (German), febly (Middle English), sadly (Middle English), tristément (Norman), trist (Norwegian Bokmål), vemodig (Norwegian Bokmål), sørgmodig (Norwegian Bokmål), bedrøvet (Norwegian Bokmål), smutno (Polish), tristemente (Portuguese), trist (Romanian), cu tristețe (Romanian), гру́стно (grústno) (Russian), печа́льно (pečálʹno) (Russian), уны́ло (unýlo) (Russian), тоскли́во (tosklívo) (Russian), tristemente (Spanish), con alma en pena (Spanish), luctuosamente (Spanish), üzgünce (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-sadly-en-adv-o5PdzJpb Disambiguation of 'in a sad manner': 97 3 0 0 Disambiguation of 'in a sad manner': 97 3 0 0
  2. Unfortunately, sad to say. Synonyms (unfortunately): unfortunately, sad to say, regrettably, regretfully, alas
    Sense id: en-sadly-en-adv-K9OExu4u Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ly, Middle English entries with incorrect language header, Middle English entries with topic categories using raw markup, Middle English terms suffixed with -ly (adverbial) Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 20 65 2 13 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ly: 15 64 7 15 Disambiguation of Middle English entries with incorrect language header: 6 38 1 4 2 13 7 7 8 5 7 Disambiguation of Middle English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 6 38 2 6 3 13 7 7 8 5 7 Disambiguation of Middle English terms suffixed with -ly (adverbial): 5 41 2 4 2 14 7 7 7 4 7 Disambiguation of 'unfortunately': 17 75 5 3
  3. (dated) Very much (of a desire etc.); dearly; urgently. Tags: dated
    Sense id: en-sadly-en-adv-RlFMger-
  4. (obsolete) Deeply, completely. Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: en-sadly-en-adv-kbR9MImT
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: unsadly

Adverb [Middle English]

IPA: /ˈsadliː/, /ˈsaːdliː/, /-it͡ʃ(ə)/
Etymology: From sad + -ly (adverbial suffix). Etymology templates: {{af|enm|sad|-ly|id2=adverbial|pos2=adverbial suffix}} sad + -ly (adverbial suffix) Head templates: {{head|enm|adverb||||{{{2}}}|head=}} sadly, {{enm-adv}} sadly
  1. totally, completely, deeply
    Sense id: en-sadly-enm-adv-ZirU9fb3
  2. steadily, firmly (with stability):
    fixedly, steadfastly, undoubtedly
    Sense id: en-sadly-enm-adv-AwWqPJbF
  3. steadily, firmly (with stability):
    carefully (with due effort or consideration)
    Sense id: en-sadly-enm-adv-yfuOzeuO
  4. steadily, firmly (with stability):
    intensely, strongly (with vigour or force)
    Sense id: en-sadly-enm-adv-j0L-BM4l
  5. solidly, closely (creating density)
    Sense id: en-sadly-enm-adv-4-P8jZUD
  6. gravely (with seriousness)
    Sense id: en-sadly-enm-adv-OYQ5bPiG
  7. sadly, sorrowfully (with sorrow) Categories (topical): Emotions
    Sense id: en-sadly-enm-adv-Pjn1--d3 Disambiguation of Emotions: 3 14 14 14 14 9 32
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: saddeli, saddelie, saddli, saddly, sadely, sadelyche, sadli, sadliche, sadlie, sadlye

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

Download JSON data for sadly meaning in All languages combined (10.6kB)

{
  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "unsadly"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "enm",
        "3": "sadly"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle English sadly",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "sad",
        "3": "-ly"
      },
      "expansion": "sad + -ly",
      "name": "af"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle English sadly; equivalent to sad + -ly.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "sadlier",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "more sadly",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sadliest",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "most sadly",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "er",
        "2": "more"
      },
      "expansion": "sadly (comparative sadlier or more sadly, superlative sadliest or most sadly)",
      "name": "en-adv"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adv",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "“Only when we climb up can we see it,” he said sadly.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "In a sad manner; sorrowfully."
      ],
      "id": "en-sadly-en-adv-o5PdzJpb",
      "links": [
        [
          "sad",
          "sad"
        ],
        [
          "sorrowfully",
          "sorrowfully"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3 0 0",
          "sense": "in a sad manner",
          "word": "sorrowfully"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3 0 0",
          "sense": "in a sad manner",
          "word": "ruefully"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3 0 0",
          "sense": "in a sad manner",
          "word": "mournfully"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3 0 0",
          "english": "various terms for particular shades of sadness",
          "sense": "in a sad manner",
          "word": "regretfully"
        }
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3 0 0",
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "in a sad manner",
          "word": "tristament"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3 0 0",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "in a sad manner",
          "word": "surullisesti"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3 0 0",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "in a sad manner",
          "word": "tristement"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3 0 0",
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "in a sad manner",
          "word": "tristemente"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3 0 0",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "in a sad manner",
          "word": "traurig"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3 0 0",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "in a sad manner",
          "word": "traurigerweise"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3 0 0",
          "code": "enm",
          "lang": "Middle English",
          "sense": "in a sad manner",
          "word": "febly"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3 0 0",
          "code": "enm",
          "lang": "Middle English",
          "sense": "in a sad manner",
          "word": "sadly"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3 0 0",
          "code": "nrf",
          "lang": "Norman",
          "sense": "in a sad manner",
          "word": "tristément"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3 0 0",
          "code": "nb",
          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "in a sad manner",
          "word": "trist"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3 0 0",
          "code": "nb",
          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "in a sad manner",
          "word": "vemodig"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3 0 0",
          "code": "nb",
          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "in a sad manner",
          "word": "sørgmodig"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3 0 0",
          "code": "nb",
          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "in a sad manner",
          "word": "bedrøvet"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3 0 0",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "in a sad manner",
          "word": "smutno"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3 0 0",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "in a sad manner",
          "word": "tristemente"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3 0 0",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "in a sad manner",
          "word": "trist"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3 0 0",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "in a sad manner",
          "word": "cu tristețe"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3 0 0",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "grústno",
          "sense": "in a sad manner",
          "word": "гру́стно"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3 0 0",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "pečálʹno",
          "sense": "in a sad manner",
          "word": "печа́льно"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3 0 0",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "unýlo",
          "sense": "in a sad manner",
          "word": "уны́ло"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3 0 0",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "tosklívo",
          "sense": "in a sad manner",
          "word": "тоскли́во"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3 0 0",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "in a sad manner",
          "word": "tristemente"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3 0 0",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "in a sad manner",
          "word": "con alma en pena"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3 0 0",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "in a sad manner",
          "word": "luctuosamente"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3 0 0",
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "in a sad manner",
          "word": "üzgünce"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "20 65 2 13",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "15 64 7 15",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English terms suffixed with -ly",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "6 38 1 4 2 13 7 7 8 5 7",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Middle English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "6 38 2 6 3 13 7 7 8 5 7",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Middle English entries with topic categories using raw markup",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with topic categories using raw markup",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "5 41 2 4 2 14 7 7 7 4 7",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Middle English terms suffixed with -ly (adverbial)",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "If you think you’re getting out of this place alive, you are sadly mistaken, my friend.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "Sadly, the two were never to meet again.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2012 April 15, Phil McNulty, “Tottenham 1-5 Chelsea”, in BBC",
          "text": "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.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Unfortunately, sad to say."
      ],
      "id": "en-sadly-en-adv-K9OExu4u",
      "links": [
        [
          "Unfortunately",
          "unfortunately"
        ],
        [
          "sad to say",
          "sad to say"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "_dis1": "17 75 5 3",
          "sense": "unfortunately",
          "word": "unfortunately"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "17 75 5 3",
          "sense": "unfortunately",
          "word": "sad to say"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "17 75 5 3",
          "sense": "unfortunately",
          "word": "regrettably"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "17 75 5 3",
          "sense": "unfortunately",
          "word": "regretfully"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "17 75 5 3",
          "sense": "unfortunately",
          "word": "alas"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1859, Wilkie Collins, The Woman in White",
          "text": "\"Don't ask me: don't make me talk of it,\" she answered. \"I'm not fit now. I have been cruelly used and cruelly wronged. You will be kinder than ever, if you will walk on fast, and not speak to me. I sadly want to quiet myself, if I can.\"",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Very much (of a desire etc.); dearly; urgently."
      ],
      "id": "en-sadly-en-adv-RlFMger-",
      "links": [
        [
          "dearly",
          "dearly"
        ],
        [
          "urgently",
          "urgently"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(dated) Very much (of a desire etc.); dearly; urgently."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "dated"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "glosses": [
        "Deeply, completely."
      ],
      "id": "en-sadly-en-adv-kbR9MImT",
      "links": [
        [
          "Deeply",
          "deeply"
        ],
        [
          "completely",
          "completely"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(obsolete) Deeply, completely."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "obsolete"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈsædli/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ædli"
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-us-sadly.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/f/f8/En-us-sadly.ogg/En-us-sadly.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f8/En-us-sadly.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (US)"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "sentence adverb"
  ],
  "word": "sadly"
}

{
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "sadly"
          },
          "expansion": "English: sadly",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "English: sadly"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sco",
            "2": "sadly"
          },
          "expansion": "Scots: sadly",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Scots: sadly"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "sad",
        "3": "-ly",
        "id2": "adverbial",
        "pos2": "adverbial suffix"
      },
      "expansion": "sad + -ly (adverbial suffix)",
      "name": "af"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From sad + -ly (adverbial suffix).",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "adverb",
        "3": "",
        "4": "",
        "5": "",
        "6": "{{{2}}}",
        "head": ""
      },
      "expansion": "sadly",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "sadly",
      "name": "enm-adv"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Middle English",
  "lang_code": "enm",
  "pos": "adv",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "totally, completely, deeply"
      ],
      "id": "en-sadly-enm-adv-ZirU9fb3",
      "links": [
        [
          "totally",
          "totally"
        ],
        [
          "completely",
          "completely"
        ],
        [
          "deeply",
          "deeply"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "steadily, firmly (with stability):",
        "fixedly, steadfastly, undoubtedly"
      ],
      "id": "en-sadly-enm-adv-AwWqPJbF",
      "links": [
        [
          "steadily",
          "steadily"
        ],
        [
          "firmly",
          "firmly"
        ],
        [
          "stability",
          "stability#English"
        ],
        [
          "fixedly",
          "fixedly"
        ],
        [
          "steadfastly",
          "steadfastly"
        ],
        [
          "undoubtedly",
          "undoubtedly"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "steadily, firmly (with stability):",
        "carefully (with due effort or consideration)"
      ],
      "id": "en-sadly-enm-adv-yfuOzeuO",
      "links": [
        [
          "steadily",
          "steadily"
        ],
        [
          "firmly",
          "firmly"
        ],
        [
          "stability",
          "stability#English"
        ],
        [
          "carefully",
          "carefully"
        ],
        [
          "effort",
          "effort#English"
        ],
        [
          "consideration",
          "consideration#English"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "steadily, firmly (with stability):",
        "intensely, strongly (with vigour or force)"
      ],
      "id": "en-sadly-enm-adv-j0L-BM4l",
      "links": [
        [
          "steadily",
          "steadily"
        ],
        [
          "firmly",
          "firmly"
        ],
        [
          "stability",
          "stability#English"
        ],
        [
          "intensely",
          "intensely"
        ],
        [
          "strongly",
          "strongly"
        ],
        [
          "vigour",
          "vigour#English"
        ],
        [
          "force",
          "force#English"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "solidly, closely (creating density)"
      ],
      "id": "en-sadly-enm-adv-4-P8jZUD",
      "links": [
        [
          "solidly",
          "solidly"
        ],
        [
          "closely",
          "closely"
        ],
        [
          "density",
          "density#English"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "gravely (with seriousness)"
      ],
      "id": "en-sadly-enm-adv-OYQ5bPiG",
      "links": [
        [
          "gravely",
          "gravely"
        ],
        [
          "seriousness",
          "seriousness#English"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "3 14 14 14 14 9 32",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "enm",
          "name": "Emotions",
          "orig": "enm:Emotions",
          "parents": [
            "Mind",
            "Human",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "sadly, sorrowfully (with sorrow)"
      ],
      "id": "en-sadly-enm-adv-Pjn1--d3",
      "links": [
        [
          "sadly",
          "sadly#English"
        ],
        [
          "sorrowfully",
          "sorrowfully"
        ],
        [
          "sorrow",
          "sorrow#English"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈsadliː/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈsaːdliː/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/-it͡ʃ(ə)/"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "saddeli"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "saddelie"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "saddli"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "saddly"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "sadely"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "sadelyche"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "sadli"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "sadliche"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "sadlie"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "sadlye"
    }
  ],
  "word": "sadly"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "English 2-syllable words",
    "English adverbs",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English terms derived from Middle English",
    "English terms inherited from Middle English",
    "English terms suffixed with -ly",
    "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "English terms with audio links",
    "Middle English adverbs",
    "Middle English entries with incorrect language header",
    "Middle English entries with topic categories using raw markup",
    "Middle English lemmas",
    "Middle English terms suffixed with -ly (adverbial)",
    "Middle English terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Rhymes:English/ædli",
    "Rhymes:English/ædli/2 syllables",
    "enm:Emotions"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "unsadly"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "enm",
        "3": "sadly"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle English sadly",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "sad",
        "3": "-ly"
      },
      "expansion": "sad + -ly",
      "name": "af"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle English sadly; equivalent to sad + -ly.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "sadlier",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "more sadly",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sadliest",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "most sadly",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "er",
        "2": "more"
      },
      "expansion": "sadly (comparative sadlier or more sadly, superlative sadliest or most sadly)",
      "name": "en-adv"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adv",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "“Only when we climb up can we see it,” he said sadly.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "In a sad manner; sorrowfully."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "sad",
          "sad"
        ],
        [
          "sorrowfully",
          "sorrowfully"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "If you think you’re getting out of this place alive, you are sadly mistaken, my friend.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "Sadly, the two were never to meet again.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2012 April 15, Phil McNulty, “Tottenham 1-5 Chelsea”, in BBC",
          "text": "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.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Unfortunately, sad to say."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Unfortunately",
          "unfortunately"
        ],
        [
          "sad to say",
          "sad to say"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English dated terms",
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1859, Wilkie Collins, The Woman in White",
          "text": "\"Don't ask me: don't make me talk of it,\" she answered. \"I'm not fit now. I have been cruelly used and cruelly wronged. You will be kinder than ever, if you will walk on fast, and not speak to me. I sadly want to quiet myself, if I can.\"",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Very much (of a desire etc.); dearly; urgently."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "dearly",
          "dearly"
        ],
        [
          "urgently",
          "urgently"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(dated) Very much (of a desire etc.); dearly; urgently."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "dated"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with obsolete senses"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Deeply, completely."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Deeply",
          "deeply"
        ],
        [
          "completely",
          "completely"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(obsolete) Deeply, completely."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "obsolete"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈsædli/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ædli"
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-us-sadly.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/f/f8/En-us-sadly.ogg/En-us-sadly.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f8/En-us-sadly.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (US)"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "sense": "in a sad manner",
      "word": "sorrowfully"
    },
    {
      "sense": "in a sad manner",
      "word": "ruefully"
    },
    {
      "sense": "in a sad manner",
      "word": "mournfully"
    },
    {
      "english": "various terms for particular shades of sadness",
      "sense": "in a sad manner",
      "word": "regretfully"
    },
    {
      "sense": "unfortunately",
      "word": "unfortunately"
    },
    {
      "sense": "unfortunately",
      "word": "sad to say"
    },
    {
      "sense": "unfortunately",
      "word": "regrettably"
    },
    {
      "sense": "unfortunately",
      "word": "regretfully"
    },
    {
      "sense": "unfortunately",
      "word": "alas"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "in a sad manner",
      "word": "tristament"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "in a sad manner",
      "word": "surullisesti"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "in a sad manner",
      "word": "tristement"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "in a sad manner",
      "word": "tristemente"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "in a sad manner",
      "word": "traurig"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "in a sad manner",
      "word": "traurigerweise"
    },
    {
      "code": "enm",
      "lang": "Middle English",
      "sense": "in a sad manner",
      "word": "febly"
    },
    {
      "code": "enm",
      "lang": "Middle English",
      "sense": "in a sad manner",
      "word": "sadly"
    },
    {
      "code": "nrf",
      "lang": "Norman",
      "sense": "in a sad manner",
      "word": "tristément"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "in a sad manner",
      "word": "trist"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "in a sad manner",
      "word": "vemodig"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "in a sad manner",
      "word": "sørgmodig"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "in a sad manner",
      "word": "bedrøvet"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "in a sad manner",
      "word": "smutno"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "in a sad manner",
      "word": "tristemente"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "in a sad manner",
      "word": "trist"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "in a sad manner",
      "word": "cu tristețe"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "grústno",
      "sense": "in a sad manner",
      "word": "гру́стно"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "pečálʹno",
      "sense": "in a sad manner",
      "word": "печа́льно"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "unýlo",
      "sense": "in a sad manner",
      "word": "уны́ло"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "tosklívo",
      "sense": "in a sad manner",
      "word": "тоскли́во"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "in a sad manner",
      "word": "tristemente"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "in a sad manner",
      "word": "con alma en pena"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "in a sad manner",
      "word": "luctuosamente"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "in a sad manner",
      "word": "üzgünce"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "sentence adverb"
  ],
  "word": "sadly"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "Middle English adverbs",
    "Middle English entries with incorrect language header",
    "Middle English entries with topic categories using raw markup",
    "Middle English lemmas",
    "Middle English terms suffixed with -ly (adverbial)",
    "Middle English terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "enm:Emotions"
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "sadly"
          },
          "expansion": "English: sadly",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "English: sadly"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sco",
            "2": "sadly"
          },
          "expansion": "Scots: sadly",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Scots: sadly"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "sad",
        "3": "-ly",
        "id2": "adverbial",
        "pos2": "adverbial suffix"
      },
      "expansion": "sad + -ly (adverbial suffix)",
      "name": "af"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From sad + -ly (adverbial suffix).",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "adverb",
        "3": "",
        "4": "",
        "5": "",
        "6": "{{{2}}}",
        "head": ""
      },
      "expansion": "sadly",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "sadly",
      "name": "enm-adv"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Middle English",
  "lang_code": "enm",
  "pos": "adv",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "totally, completely, deeply"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "totally",
          "totally"
        ],
        [
          "completely",
          "completely"
        ],
        [
          "deeply",
          "deeply"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "steadily, firmly (with stability):",
        "fixedly, steadfastly, undoubtedly"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "steadily",
          "steadily"
        ],
        [
          "firmly",
          "firmly"
        ],
        [
          "stability",
          "stability#English"
        ],
        [
          "fixedly",
          "fixedly"
        ],
        [
          "steadfastly",
          "steadfastly"
        ],
        [
          "undoubtedly",
          "undoubtedly"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "steadily, firmly (with stability):",
        "carefully (with due effort or consideration)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "steadily",
          "steadily"
        ],
        [
          "firmly",
          "firmly"
        ],
        [
          "stability",
          "stability#English"
        ],
        [
          "carefully",
          "carefully"
        ],
        [
          "effort",
          "effort#English"
        ],
        [
          "consideration",
          "consideration#English"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "steadily, firmly (with stability):",
        "intensely, strongly (with vigour or force)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "steadily",
          "steadily"
        ],
        [
          "firmly",
          "firmly"
        ],
        [
          "stability",
          "stability#English"
        ],
        [
          "intensely",
          "intensely"
        ],
        [
          "strongly",
          "strongly"
        ],
        [
          "vigour",
          "vigour#English"
        ],
        [
          "force",
          "force#English"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "solidly, closely (creating density)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "solidly",
          "solidly"
        ],
        [
          "closely",
          "closely"
        ],
        [
          "density",
          "density#English"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "gravely (with seriousness)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "gravely",
          "gravely"
        ],
        [
          "seriousness",
          "seriousness#English"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "sadly, sorrowfully (with sorrow)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "sadly",
          "sadly#English"
        ],
        [
          "sorrowfully",
          "sorrowfully"
        ],
        [
          "sorrow",
          "sorrow#English"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈsadliː/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈsaːdliː/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/-it͡ʃ(ə)/"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "saddeli"
    },
    {
      "word": "saddelie"
    },
    {
      "word": "saddli"
    },
    {
      "word": "saddly"
    },
    {
      "word": "sadely"
    },
    {
      "word": "sadelyche"
    },
    {
      "word": "sadli"
    },
    {
      "word": "sadliche"
    },
    {
      "word": "sadlie"
    },
    {
      "word": "sadlye"
    }
  ],
  "word": "sadly"
}

This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable All languages combined dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-05-03 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-05-02 using wiktextract (f4fd8c9 and c9440ce). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.