unhappily

unhappily

English

Etymology

From unhappy +‎ -ly.

Pronunciation

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Adverb

unhappily (comparative more unhappily, superlative most unhappily)

1. Unfortunately; regrettably.
   • 2012, Christopher Clark, The Sleepwalkers, Penguin 2013, p. 76:

     Theodore Roosevelt […] added, perhaps unhappily, that he believed the US administration in the Philippines could learn a lot from the Austrian example.

2. Through evil fate or chance; wretchedly.
3. Without happiness; sadly.

Antonyms

• happily