Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adverb To an extent deserving of regret.
- adverb As a matter of regret.
from The Century Dictionary.
- With regret; regretfully.
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- adverb In a manner inspiring or deserving
regret .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adverb by bad luck
Etymologies
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Examples
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Juan Williams expressed a deeply troubling, yet, sincere fear of Muslims that regrettably is all too pervasive throughout American society.
Brian Levin, J.D.: Juan Williams, and the Case for Uncomfortable Dialogue J.D. Brian Levin 2010
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Juan Williams expressed a deeply troubling, yet, sincere fear of Muslims that regrettably is all too pervasive throughout American society.
Brian Levin, J.D.: Juan Williams, and the Case for Uncomfortable Dialogue J.D. Brian Levin 2010
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Juan Williams expressed a deeply troubling, yet, sincere fear of Muslims that regrettably is all too pervasive throughout American society.
Brian Levin, J.D.: Juan Williams, and the Case for Uncomfortable Dialogue J.D. Brian Levin 2010
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The image on this modern card was first published around 1930; the artist, regrettably, is unknown.
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We need to ignore his rantings and concentrate on the human side of the news, which, regrettably, is not available on FOX!
Think Progress » O’Reilly Claims He Is Personally Responsible For Lower Gas Prices 2005
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His has been the kind of personal and political courage which, regrettably, is all too often missing in other conflict-ridden regions.
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But, regrettably, that is not the message that came through.
Vietnam: An Exchange Westing, Arthur H. 1981
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This almost offhand comment - I always find that subtitles regrettably overemphasise such quiet asides - nevertheless strikes a note of dread, indicating the start of a bleakly existential policier centred around Inspector Erlendur played, in a marvellous performance of unwavering equability, by Ingvar Eggert Sigurdsson.
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For some years the suspicion had been growing up in Mr. Britling's mind that in planting this persuasion in his being, the mysterious processes of Nature had been, perhaps for some purely biological purpose, pulling, as people say, his leg, that there were not these perfect responses, that loving a woman is a thing one does thoroughly once for all -- or so -- and afterwards recalls regrettably in a series of vain repetitions, and that the career of the
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He said the Democrats "regrettably" could not pass a budget with a target for deficit reduction.
Are Democrats painting themselves as the lesser of the evils? 2010
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