sadlyとは 意味・読み方・使い方

発音

• IPA: /ˈsædli/
• 韻: -ædli

副詞

sadly (comparative sadlier or more sadly, superlative sadliest or most sadly)

1. In a sad manner; sorrowfully.

   “Only when we climb up can we see it,” he said sadly.

2. Unfortunately, sad to say.

   If you think you’re getting out of this place alive, you are sadly mistaken, my friend.

   Sadly, the two were never to meet again.

   • 2012 April 15, Phil McNulty, “Tottenham 1-5 Chelsea”, in BBC:

     Before kick-off, a section of Chelsea's support sadly let themselves and their club down by noisily interrupting the silence held in memory of the Hillsborough disaster and for Livorno midfielder Piermario Morosini, who collapsed and died after suffering a heart attack during a Serie B game on Saturday.

3. In a manner to cause sadness; badly; terribly.
   • 1828, Thomas Keightley, The Fairy Mythology, volume I, London: William Harrison Ainsworth, page 161:

     The people of Ebeltoft were once sadly plagued by them, as they plundered their pantries in a most unconscionable manner; so they consulted a very wise and pious man and his advice was, that they should hang a bell in the steeple of the church.

4. (dated) Very much (of a desire etc.); dearly; urgently.
   • 1859, Wilkie Collins, The Woman in White:

     "Don't ask me: don't make me talk of it," she answered. "I'm not fit now. I have been cruelly used and cruelly wronged. You will be kinder than ever, if you will walk on fast, and not speak to me. I sadly want to quiet myself, if I can."

5. (obsolete) Deeply, completely.
   • 1485, Sir Thomas Malory, “iiij”, in Le Morte Darthur, book VI:

     By my feythe sayd syre launcelot in that pauelione wil I lodge alle this nyghte / and soo there he alyghte doune and tayed his hors to the pauelione / and there he vnarmed hym / and there he fond a bedde / and layd hym theryn / and felle on slepe sadly

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使用する際の注意点

In sense of “unfortunately”, most often used either in the collocation “sadly mistaken” or as a sentence adverb. See discussion of sentence modifiers at hopefully and regretfully.

同意語

• (in a sad manner): sorrowfully, ruefully, mournfully, heavily,

regretfully (various terms for particular shades of sadness)

• (unfortunately): unfortunately, sad to say, regrettably, regretfully, alas

派生語

• unsadly

アナグラム

• Dalys, Dyals, ladsy, DALYs

語源

From sad +‎ -ly (adverbial suffix).

発音

• IPA: /ˈsadliː/, /ˈsaːdliː/, /-it͡ʃ(ə)/

副詞

sadly

1. totally, completely, deeply
2. steadily, firmly (with stability):
   1. fixedly, steadfastly, undoubtedly
   2. carefully (with due effort or consideration)
   3. intensely, strongly (with vigour or force)
3. solidly, closely (creating density)
4. gravely (with seriousness)
5. sadly, sorrowfully (with sorrow)

派生した語

• English: sadly
• Scots: sadly

参照

• “sā̆dlī, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.