sadly
adverb
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
- Direction
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Senses
Sense 1 adverb
in an unfortunate way
sadly he died before he could see his grandchild
Related & opposite
Sense 2 adverb
with sadness; in a sad manner
`She died last night,' he said sadly
Related & opposite
- sad derived from
Sense 3 adverb
in an unfortunate or deplorable manner
he was sadly neglected
Related & opposite
- deplorable derived from
- woeful derived from
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | antonym | Related & opposite | happily |
| 1 | derived from | Related & opposite | sad |
| 2 | derived from | Related & opposite | sad |
| 3 | derived from | Related & opposite | deplorable |
| 3 | derived from | Related & opposite | woeful |