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S0012600 (săd)These adjectives mean affected with or marked by unhappiness, as that caused by affliction. Sad is the most general: "Better by far you should forget and smile / Than that you should remember and be sad" (Christina Rossetti).
Melancholy can refer to lingering or habitual somberness or sadness: a melancholy poet's gloomy introspection. Sorrowful applies to emotional pain as that resulting from loss: sorrowful mourners at the funeral. Doleful describes what is mournful or morose: the doleful expression of a reprimanded child. Woebegone suggests grief or wretchedness, especially as reflected in a person's appearance: "His sorrow ... made him look ... haggard and ... woebegone" (George du Maurier).
Desolate applies to one that is beyond consolation: "Now she was desolate, a widow in a foreign country" (Nigel Hamilton).
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| Adv. | 1. | sadly - in an unfortunate way; "sadly he died before he could see his grandchild" |
| 2. | sadly - with sadness; in a sad manner; "`She died last night,' he said sadly" | |
| 3. | sadly - in an unfortunate or deplorable manner; "he was sadly neglected"; "it was woefully inadequate" |