regretfully

🇺🇸 /rɪˈɡretfəli/ 🇬🇧 /rɪˈɡretfəli/
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adverb
R

Feeling or showing sadness or disappointment about something.

Emma shook her head regretfully, knowing she had missed the deadline.

R

Expressing sorrow or disappointment that a situation is not as desired.

Regretfully, we have to cancel the event due to bad weather.

translation

adv. Feeling or showing sadness or disappointment about something.; Expressing sorrow or disappointment that a situation is not as desired.