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    unhappily
    /ʌnˈhapɪli/

    adverb

    • 1. in an unhappy manner.

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  2. in a way that shows or involves sadness: They had been unhappily married for years. The story ends unhappily. See. unhappy. Fewer examples. "He's not coming home ," she said unhappily. She realized unhappily that he had never really loved her. The doctor frowned unhappily. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases.

  3. : unfortunately sense 1. unhappily, medicine has not yet found a cure Diana Trilling. 2. : in an unhappy manner : without pleasure. practiced law unhappily for a few years. Synonyms. agonizingly. bitterly. dolefully. dolorously. grievously. hardly. inconsolably. lugubriously. mournfully. painfully. plaintively. regretfully. resentfully. ruefully.

  4. You use unhappily to introduce or refer to a statement when you consider it is sad and wish that it was different. On May 23rd, unhappily, the boy died. American English : unhappily / ʌnˈhæpɪli /

  5. used to say that a particular situation or fact makes you sad or disappointed synonym unfortunately. Unhappily, such good luck is rare. His wife, unhappily, died five years ago. opposite happily. See unhappily in the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary. Check pronunciation: unhappily.

  6. IPA guide. Definitions of unhappily. adverb. in an unfortunate way. synonyms: sadly. see more. adverb. in an unpleasant way. “they were unhappily married”.

  7. Define unhappily. unhappily synonyms, unhappily pronunciation, unhappily translation, English dictionary definition of unhappily. adj. un·hap·pi·er , un·hap·pi·est 1. Not happy or joyful; sad or sorrowful: unhappy over his friend's departure.

  8. Jun 15, 2024 · You use unhappily to introduce or refer to a statement when you consider it to be sad and wish that it were different. On May 23rd, unhappily, the little boy died. Unhappily the facts do not wholly bear out the theory.

  9. You use unhappily to introduce or refer to a statement when you consider it to be sad and wish that it were different. [...] Synonyms of 'unhappily' • unfortunately, unluckily, sadly, alas [...] More. Examples of 'unhappily' in a sentence.

  10. unhappily meaning, definition, what is unhappily: in a way that shows you are not happy: Learn more.

  11. 1. sorrowful, downcast, cheerless, distressed. 2. hapless. 3. unpropitious.