English Explanatory Dictionary

regrettingly

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adv
  1. With regret; ruefully.

Word forms

regrettingly more regrettingly most regrettingly

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 regretting 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 regrettingly From regretting + -ly.

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