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What does sadly mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word sadly? Here's what it means.

Adverb
  1. In a sad manner; sorrowfully.
  2. Unfortunately, sad to say.
  3. (dated) Very much (of a desire etc.); dearly; urgently.
  4. (obsolete) Deeply, completely.
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She lets one pithy epigram after the next fall flat, sadly clouding the brilliance of this real gem of a play.
Her voice is good if not emotionally gripping and her songs have an attractive quality but an edgy stimulant is sadly lacking.
So, sadly and very disappointedly, I wandered back to the ice cream aisle to take one last look at my two gallons of Neapolatin.
Does the boss who scheduled your sadly abbreviated lunch break deserve to be called a weasel or a stoat?
She looked up at him sadly, acknowledging his gesture with a half wag of her tail.
We almost completed the scenario, but sadly ran out of time trying to figure out our retrofire sequence.

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