Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In a sorry manner, in any sense of the word; sorrowfully; sadly; wretchedly; poorly; meanly.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adverb In a sorry manner; poorly.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adverb In a
sorry manner;poorly .
Etymologies
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Examples
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You would sorrily mistaken if you were so naiive as to assume so.
PART 1/3: Nicki Minaj and the Paradox of Hip Hop Feminism « Gender Across Borders 2010
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At our two local multiplexes the third, rather sorrily, doesn't even have Wednesday showtimes up yet, Mann's flick is getting a total of 12 showtimes daily.
Can Johnny Depp rescue movies for adults? Reel Fanatic 2009
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As for Whatever Works, I was sorrily disappointed.
HP6 and Whatever Works Sage 2009
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Upil ~ Ufil thus is very likely to refer to the Underworld and, as you can see, this interpretation is consistent with a structured grammar something that many of the translations supplied by Bonfante et al. so sorrily lack.
Disproving a particular translation of TLE 193 once and for all 2009
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At our two local multiplexes the third, rather sorrily, doesn't even have Wednesday showtimes up yet, Mann's flick is getting a total of 12 showtimes daily.
Archive 2009-06-01 Reel Fanatic 2009
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As for Whatever Works, I was sorrily disappointed.
Archive 2009-07-01 Sage 2009
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(Not the sorrily overprocessed dead variety, I don't care about eating dead yoghurt).
Kefir? 2006
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I laugh the laughter of the hyena that has just been told a joke by another hyena that is usually serious and so comes unexpectedly, one that is funny to hyenas but sorrily loses much in translation.
"Despite Assurances, McCain Wasn’t in a 'Cone of Silence.'" Ann Althouse 2008
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I am sorrily afraid that if there is not strong statements of solidarity by the US for the Lebanon people, the expabsion of this conflict will escalate out of control.
Think Progress » Rice abandons talks, shuttles back to the United States. 2006
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And so the inevitable happened: The U.S.A. men's basketball team humiliatingly ended up 6th in the 2002 World Championships; placed a dismal 3rd in the 2004 Olympics; and sorrily finished 3rd in last year's World Championships!
The 2008 Beijing Olympics - My Dream U.S.A. Basketball Team 2008
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