[
US
/ɹɪˈɡɹɛtfəɫi/
]
[ UK /ɹɪɡɹˈɛtfəli/ ]
[ UK /ɹɪɡɹˈɛtfəli/ ]
ADVERB
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with regret (used in polite formulas)
I must regretfully decline your kind invitation
How To Use regretfully In A Sentence
- We had quite a useful meeting but regretfully at that stage the damage had been done.
- There is, regretfully, no space in this article to examine all these issues.
- The point is that it is not possible, regretfully, in the world in which we live, for us to guarantee anyone's safety, civilian or military.
- But regretfully, it is only a short visit for him as he leaves here on Sunday, to catch the plane to Vancouver where he has another showing.
- I stood inthralled until, even as he was talking, the clock struck three, when he rose up, and moving slowly across the floor, barely visible, murmured regretfully that he must be off, with which he faded away down the back stairs. Ghosts I Have Met and Some Others
- Regretfully, I must decline.
- I was there with her at the party, but then stupidly, and very regretfully, I left.
- There is, regretfully, no space in this article to examine all these issues.
- Regretfully he kissed her forehead, extracted himself from her embrace and sent her on her way to a virtuous bed.
- The mate observed regretfully that he could not account for that young fellow's whims.