sadly
adverb
Meaning
- adverbIn a sad manner; sorrowfully.
Example:
“Only when we climb up can we see it,” he said sadly.
- adverbUnfortunately, sad to say.
Example:
If you think you’re getting out of this place alive, you are sadly mistaken, my friend.
- adverbIn a manner to cause sadness; badly; terribly.
Source: Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Five-letter puzzle facts
- How common
- Very common
- #533 of 8,600 five-letter words by how often they're used
- Can be a Play Five answer
- As a first guess
- Tests likely letters better than 72% of common five-letter words.
- Vowels: 1 · Different letters: 5 · Repeated letters: None