unfortunately
/ʌnˈfɔɹ.t͡ʃə.nɪt.li/ adverb A2- Happening through bad luck, or because of some unfortunate event. · He unfortunately placed his hand on a loose brick.· There were an unfortunately large number of misprints.
- Used (as a parenthetical word, often a sentence adverb) to express disappointment, compassion, sorrow, regret, or grief. · The houses which burned down could have been saved. Unfortunately, the fire truck had broken down on the way.
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“I do; that is about the distance that separates your chamber from mine; only, unfortunately, I did not curve aright; for want of the necessary geometrical instruments to calculate my scale of proportion, instead of taking an ellipsis of forty feet, I made it fifty.
"Unfortunately, I have not.
“Unfortunately,” said Villefort, “there are the treaties of 1814, and we cannot molest Napoleon without breaking those compacts.”
“I am not an abbé, I am not mad; perhaps I shall be, but at present, unfortunately, I am not.
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