unhappily
/ʌnˈhæpɪli/ adverb C2- Unfortunately; regrettably.
- Through evil fate or chance; wretchedly.
- Without happiness; sadly.
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“Her indifferent state of health unhappily prevents her being in town; and by that means, as I told Lady Catherine myself one day, has deprived the British Court of its brightest ornament.
Your portion is unhappily so small, that it will in all likelihood undo the effects of your loveliness and amiable qualifications.
Younge, in whose character we were most unhappily deceived; and by her connivance and aid he so far recommended himself to Georgiana, whose affectionate heart retained a strong impression of his kindness to her as a child, that she was persuaded to believe herself in love and to consent to an elopement.
This boy was now fifteen, a very charming and affectionate youth, though unhappily injured through an accident in childhood.
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