sadly

sadly
adverb
1) (with sorrow) traurig
2) (unfortunately) leider
3) (deplorably) erbärmlich (abwertend)
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adverb He stared sadly at the ruins of his house.) traurig
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sad·ly
[ˈsædli]
adv
1. (unhappily) traurig, betrübt, bekümmert
to shake one's head \sadly traurig den Kopf schütteln
2. (regrettably) bedauerlicherweise, leider
\sadly, they have no more tickets leider haben sie keine Karten mehr
3. (badly) arg
her garden looks \sadly neglected ihr Garten sieht ganz schön verwahrlost aus
you will be \sadly missed by us all wir werden dich alle schmerzlich vermissen
4. (completely) völlig
they are \sadly lacking tactfulness ihnen fehlt jedes Taktgefühl
to be \sadly mistaken völlig danebenliegen fam
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['sdlɪ]
adv
1) (= sorrowfully) traurig

she will be sadly missed — sie wird (uns/ihnen) allen sehr fehlen

2) (= unfortunately) bedauerlicherweise, leider

sadly (enough) he has ... sadly for the dolphins, there are no regulations to protect them — bedauerlicherweise hat er ... leider gibt es keine Bestimmungen zum Schutz der Delfine or Delphine

3) (= regrettably, woefully) bedauerlicherweise

he is sadly lacking in any sensitivity — ihm fehlt absolut jegliches Feingefühl

the house had been sadly neglected — es war traurig, wie vernachlässigt das Haus war

to be sadly in need of sth — etw dringend benötigen or brauchen

to be sadly mistaken —

if you think you can hide the truth from us, you are sadly mistaken — wenn du glaubst, dass du uns die Wahrheit verheimlichen kannst, hast du dich sehr getäuscht

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sadly [ˈsædlı] adv
1. traurig, betrübt
2. unglücklicher-, bedauerlicherweise, leider
3. arg, äußerst:
he will be sadly missed by all of us er wird uns allen sehr fehlen, wir werden ihn alle schmerzlich vermissen
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adverb
1) (with sorrow) traurig
2) (unfortunately) leider
3) (deplorably) erbärmlich (abwertend)
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adv.
traurig adv.

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