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sadly, adv.|ˈsædlɪ|
Forms: 4 sadd(e)li, sadlyk, saydly, 4–5 saddely, sadli, sadliche, -lyche, 4, 6 sadely, 6 sadlich, sadlie, -ye, 4 sadly. Also 4 compar. sadloker.
[f. sad a. + -ly2.]
†1. Heavily. Obs.
a1300Cursor M. 22478 Þe sterns wit þair leman leuen Ful saddli fall sal þai dun fra heuen. c1400Rowland & O. 1313 So sadly one his scholdire it [the blow] felle, The knyghte by-gane to knele. c1435Torr. Portugal 1625 Glad pluckys there he toke, Set sadly and sare. a1568Knt. Curtesy 77 In swoune [she] fell downe hym upon, So sadly that the Knyght awoke. a1578Lindesay (Pitscottie) Chron. Scot. (S.T.S.) I. 222 Mr. Patrick Lindsay..strampit sadlie on his brotheris foott to gar him wnderstand that [etc.]. 1633Bp. Hall Occas. Medit. cxxxvi. 335 An empty cart runs lightly away: but if it be soundly laden, it goes sadly.
†2. Firmly, tightly, closely. Obs.
1340–70Alex. & Dind. 1135 Þere his burnus he bad bulden of marbre A piler sadliche i-picht or he passe wolde. 1375Barbour Bruce xiii. 374 Knyt ȝow als sadly as ȝhe may. c1386Chaucer Knt.'s T. 1744 In goon the speres ful sadly in arrest. 1398Trevisa Barth. De P.R. xvii. ii. (1495) 597 In smale trees is more hete and drynesse that byndeth the partyes therof faste and sadly togyder. c1440York Myst. viii. 102 Þus sall I iune it with a gynn, And sadly sette it with symonde fyne. 1470–85Malory Arthur xviii. xxiii. 768 And whan we haue delyuerd hem, lete vs thre hold vs sadly to gyders.
†3. Solidly, fully; (to drink) deeply; (to sleep) soundly, heavily. Obs.
13..E.E. Allit. P. C. 442, & þer he swowed & slept sadly al nyȝt. 1362Langl. P. Pl. A. v. 4 Þenne Wakede I of my wink me was wo with alle Þat I nedde sadloker I-slept and I-seȝe more. c1380Wyclif Sel. Wks. I. 11 Þis fillyng is not voide but sadly replenchid. c1386Chaucer Man of Law's T. 645 This Messager drank sadly ale and wyn.
†4. Resolutely, vigorously, hardily. Obs.
c1350Will. Palerne 2751 Whan þe ludes where neiȝ lond he leped ouer borde, sadli in al here siȝt for þei him sew schold. 1375Barbour Bruce xiii. 494 In Cambuskynneth the kyngis vittale He tuk, and sadly gert assale Schir Wilȝame of Herth, and him slew. c1400Song Roland 763 They went to sadly, And set ther dyntis. 1470Henry Wallace ii. 84 The Perseys stwart sadly till him socht. 1471Caxton Recuyell (Sommer) I. 269 The two champions approchid eche other and smote to gyder so sadly and sore that the place redounded of her strokes. c1475Sqr. lowe Degre 646 The stewarde at hym full sadly fought.
†5. Steadfastly, firmly, fixedly, unchangingly. Obs.
c1340Hampole Prose Tr. 14 Whene þe mynde es stablede sadely with-owttene changynge and vagacyone in Godd. c1380Wyclif Wks. (1880) 199 Þat alle brennynge charite..be so sadly rotyd in vs. c1380Lay Folks Catech. (Lamb. MS.) 957 Loke þou withstande sadly þe furst begynnynge of þe temptacoun of þe fend. c1386Chaucer Pars. T. 124 Fro that tyme that he loueth sadly oure lord Ihesu crist [etc.]. 1493Festivall (W. de W. 1515) 48 Sadly beleue the fader is full god almyghty. c1530Crt. of Love 877 Emprent my speche in your memorial Sadly. 1622Bacon Hen. VII 133 But the King finding that he did sadly, and constantly (without hesitation or varying,..) stand to that that hee had said.
†6. Steadily, quietly, without excitement. Obs.
c1330R. Brunne Chron. Wace (Rolls) 13544 Þe batailles neyghed ney & ney, Sadly passing, and softely. c1391Chaucer Astrol. ii. §29 Tak thanne thyn Astrolabie with bothe handes sadly & slely. c1430Pilgr. Lyf Manhode i. cvi. (1869) 56 Wel j telle thee that sureliche and sadliche thou miht go.
†7. Seriously; in earnest; gravely, soberly. Obs.
c1350Will. Palerne 557 What ȝif I saide him sadly þat i sek were, & told him al treuly þe entecches of myn euele? c1357Sc. Leg. Saints iv. (Jacobus) 176 Til hym þan sancte Iames prechit, and crystis law sa sadly techit. c1385Chaucer Shipman's T. 76 This Marchant vp ariseth, And on hise nedes sadly hym auyseth. c1440York Myst. xxxii. 62 Saie me sadly þe soth. 1489Caxton Faytes of A. i. xv. 40 Mesurably and sadly demened. a1548Hall Chron., Hen. VIII, I. 69 Thei daunsed with Ladies sadly, and communed not with the ladies after the fashion of Maskers, but behaved themselves sadly. 1570Jewel Def. Apol. ii. (1571) 161 This booke..was readde sadly vnto the people, and had in reuerence. 1599Shakes. Much Ado ii. iii. 229 This can be no tricke, the conference was sadly borne. 1611Chapman Widowes T. iii. i. (1612) F 4 b, But doe you brother sadly intend the pursuite of this triall? 1634Milton Comus 509 To tell thee sadly Shepherd, without blame, Or our neglect, we lost her as we came. 1642Jer. Taylor Episc. §xxxi, But this to them that consider things sadly, is true or false according as any man list. 1777M. Morgann Ess. Dram. Char. Falstaff 122 As a caution to the audience not to take too sadly what was intended only..‘as an argument for a week’.
8. a. Sorrowfully, mournfully.
c1350Will. Palerne 539 Sadly sikand & sore for sorwe atte here herte. c1450Holland Howlat 42, I herd ane petuoss appele, with ane pur mane, Solpit in sorowe, that sadly couth say [etc.]. 1535Coverdale Gen. xl. 7 Why loke ye so sadly to daye? [So1611.] 1600Shakes. Sonn. viii. 1 Musick to heare, why hear'st thou musick sadly? 1627May Lucan i. 583 Sadlyer barke Scyllaes doggs then they were wont. c1665Mrs. Hutchinson Mem. Col. Hutchinson (1846) 13 He died in the month of May, 1630, sadly bewailed. 1697Dryden Virg. Georg. iv. 505 Near his Paternal Stream he sadly stands, With down-cast Eyes, wet Cheeks, and folded Hands. 1856Kane Arct. Expl. II. x. 107 He speaks sadly..of the fortunes of the winter. 1884W. C. Smith Kildrostan 43 There at the head of a late filled grave Sadly a youth and a maiden stood.
Comb.1697Dryden æneid x. 1167 A sadly pleasing Thought. 1816Wordsw. Ode 1815, 44 To..utter England's name with sadly-plausive voice.
†b. With regret; reluctantly. Obs.
1611Beaum. & Fl. Philaster v. v, I must request of you One fauour, and will sadly be denyed.
9. a. In a manner to cause sadness; lamentably, grievously, deplorably, badly.
1658Whole Duty Man Sund. iii. §7. 29 That have provoked so great a Majesty, who is able so sadly to revenge himself upon you. 1731–8Swift Pol. Conversat. 202 Mr. Neverout we wanted you sadly. 1753H. Walpole Let. to Mann 27 Mar., Drawings..which I am sure will charm you, though none of them are quite well engraved, and some sadly. 1782Cowper Friendsh. 87 Authors..Are sadly prone to quarrel. 1782F. Burney Cecilia iii. viii, O, he is so ill! indeed I am sadly, sadly afraid he will never be well again! 1819Byron Juan ii. lxxx, Who had already perish'd, suffering madly For having used their appetites so sadly. 1857Ruskin Arrows of Chace (1880) I. 47, I have written you a sadly long letter, but I could not manage to get it shorter. 1863W. C. Baldwin Afr. Hunting viii. 340 The flies torment us sadly. 1868Freeman Norm. Conq. II. ix. 391 The poor girl was sadly buffeted by the indignant saint. 1879Huxley Hume x. 196 Metaphysicians, as a rule, are sadly deficient in the sense of humour.
b. As a sentence adverb: regrettably, unfortunately.
1973Times 16 Feb. 19/4 The Headmaster of Winchester College asks: ‘Is there any other ancient cathedral city in Western Europe with so much fast, heavy, long-distance traffic planned to run so near?’ Sadly, the answer is ‘Yes, York’. 1974Times Lit. Suppl. 7 June 607/3 No one would dispute the pointed courage of Camus's early journalistic campaigning. Sadly, though, this does not make him a great artist. 1978Lancashire Life July 44/3 Sadly, his collection was sold and dispersed throughout the world after his death.
†10. Sombrely, in dark colours. Obs.
1607B. Jonson Entertainm. Theobalds Wks. 1616 I. 887 A gloomie obscure place, hung all with black silkes, and in it only one light, which the Genius of the house held, sadly attir'd.
11. Used predicatively: In bad health, ill, ‘poorly’. Now dial.
1711Swift Jrnl. to Stella 15 May, I look better already, for faith I looked sadly. 1866Geo. Eliot F. Holt xxvii, Lyddy had said, ‘Miss, you look sadly; if you can't take a walk, go and lie down’. 1898Mrs. H. Ward Helbeck v. ii. 395 Mrs. Fountain's nobbut sadly, I unnerstan. |