English Explanatory Dictionary

regretfully

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adv

In a regretful manner, with regret.
Unfortunately, in a manner inspiring or deserving regret; used only as a sentence adverb (to introduce and modify an entire sentence).

Pronunciation

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Back ache-regretfully.wav

Word forms

regretfully more regretfully most regretfully

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re-der. Old French re- Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰreh₁d-der. Proto-Germanic *grētaną Frankish *grātander. Old French *greter Old French regreterbor. Middle English regretten English regret Proto-Indo-European *pleh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Indo-European *pl̥h₁nós Proto-Germanic *fullaz Proto-Germanic *-fullaz Old English -ful Middle English -ful English -ful English regretful Proto-Indo-European *leyg- Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-Germanic *-ê Proto-Germanic *-līkê Old English -līċe Middle English -ly English -ly English regretfully From regretful + -ly.

Synonyms

sorrowfully ruefully sadly unfortunately sad to say regrettably alas

Derived words

unregretfully

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