regretfully

Word family (noun) regret (adjective) regrettable regretful (verb) regret (adverb) regrettably regretfully

From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishregretfullyre‧gret‧ful‧ly /rɪˈɡretfəli/ adverb 1 REGRET/FEEL SORRYfeeling sad because you do not want to do what you are doing ‘I must go, ’ he said regretfully.2 [sentence adverb]REGRET/FEEL SORRY formal used to talk about a situation that you wish was different or that you are sorry about SYN regrettably Regretfully, we do not have time to continue this discussion now.Examples from the Corpusregretfully• When the Muni stopped at Masonic I got off, regretfully.• "We'd better go back, " she said regretfully, "before it rains."• Because of our comparative approach, we must regretfully bypass interesting problems within the individual countries.• But also that day he sent a note to the Nawab, regretfully declining the invitation. 28 February.• Regretfully, Elliot was forced to close the business.• No, regretfully Mrs Field died before it could be arranged.• In the end he sent it, regretfully, to Paul, thus adding to the latter's troubles.

单词	regretfully
释义	regretfully Word family (noun) regret (adjective) regrettable regretful (verb) regret (adverb) regrettably regretfully From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishregretfullyre‧gret‧ful‧ly /rɪˈɡretfəli/ adverb 1 REGRET/FEEL SORRYfeeling sad because you do not want to do what you are doing ‘I must go, ’ he said regretfully.2 [sentence adverb]REGRET/FEEL SORRY formal used to talk about a situation that you wish was different or that you are sorry about SYN regrettably Regretfully, we do not have time to continue this discussion now.Examples from the Corpusregretfully• When the Muni stopped at Masonic I got off, regretfully.• "We'd better go back, " she said regretfully, "before it rains."• Because of our comparative approach, we must regretfully bypass interesting problems within the individual countries.• But also that day he sent a note to the Nawab, regretfully declining the invitation. 28 February.• Regretfully, Elliot was forced to close the business.• No, regretfully Mrs Field died before it could be arranged.• In the end he sent it, regretfully, to Paul, thus adding to the latter's troubles.
随便看	no good much not any good no good/not much good/not any good no great shakes no hardly had than no holds barred no hoper no hurry no I never no joy no kidding no kidding you kidding kidding no kidding you you're kidding no kidding you youre kidding no kidding?/are you kidding?/you’re kidding no laughing matter no less no less than no let up any let up no let-up any let-up no let-up/not any let-up no letup any letup no little etc competition no load fund courtesan courtesies