used to say that a particular situation or fact makes you sad or disappointed, or gets you into a difficult position
SYNREGRETTABLY:
Unfortunately, I won't be able to attend the meeting. * I can't make it, unfortunately. * Unfortunately for him, the police had been informed and were waiting outside. * It won't be finished for a few weeks. Unfortunately!
OPPFORTUNATELY
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
Where does this definition of unfortunately come from?
This entry for unfortunately is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
Is unfortunately a noun, verb, or something else?
In this entry, unfortunately is tagged as adverb.
Does unfortunately appear elsewhere on Lughet?
Yes — unfortunately appears under other sources or language pairs in Lughet's collection. See the list below.
What is Lughet?
Lughet is a free trilingual dictionary covering nearly five million entries across Uyghur, Chinese, and English, drawn from more than ten source dictionaries and corpora.
