sorry
/ˈsɑɹi/ interjection C2- Expresses regret, remorse, or sorrow. · Sorry! I didn't see that you were on the phone.· Sorry about yesterday. — No worries.
- Said as a request to excuse one's unintentional behaviors. · Oops! Sorry!
- Said as a request to pass somebody. · Sorry! Coming through!
- Used as a request for someone to repeat something not heard or understood clearly. · Sorry? What was that? The phone cut out.
- Used to correct oneself in speech. · There are four—sorry, five—local branches of the store.
- Used as a hedge. · Sorry, but I don't care what you think.
From the library
“Oh,” said Dorothy, “I’m awfully sorry for you.”
“I understand how you feel,” said the little girl, who was truly sorry for him.
“Good-bye!” he called after them, and they were very sorry to leave him.
It was a lovely country, with plenty of flowers and fruit trees and sunshine to cheer them, and had they not felt so sorry for the poor Scarecrow, they could have been very happy.
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