1 in an unhappy way:
He sighed unhappily. * 'I've made a big mistake,' she said unhappily.
2 (written) used to say that a particular situation or fact makes you sad or disappointed
SYNUNFORTUNATELY:
Unhappily, such good luck is rare. * His wife, unhappily, died five years ago.
OPPHAPPILY
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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 unhappily come from?
This entry for unhappily is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
Is unhappily a noun, verb, or something else?
In this entry, unhappily is tagged as adverb.
Does unhappily appear elsewhere on Lughet?
Yes — unhappily appears under other sources or language pairs in Lughet's collection. See the list below.
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