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Webster 1913 Edition
Sadly
Sad′ly
,adv.
1.
Wearily; heavily; firmly.
[Obs.]
In go the spears full
sadly
in arest. Chaucer.
2.
Seriously; soberly; gravely.
[Obs.]
To tell thee
Or our neglect, we lost her as we came.
sadly
, shepherd, without blameOr our neglect, we lost her as we came.
Milton.
3.
Grievously; deeply; sorrowfully; miserably.
“He sadly suffers in their grief.” Dryden.
Webster 1828 Edition
Sadly
SAD'LY
,adv.
1.
Sorrowfully; mournfully.He sadly suffers in their grief.
2.
In a calamitous or miserable manner. The misfortunes which others experience we may one day sadly feel.3.
In a dark color. Obs.