regretfully

ADV อย่าง ผิดหวัง  yang-pid-wang

REGRETFULLY

adv. With regret.

regretfully

re gret ful ly |riˈgretfəlē rəˈɡrɛtfəli | ▶adverb in a regretful manner. • [ sentence adverb ] regrettably: regretfully, mounting costs and diminishing traffic forced the line to close. usage: The adjectives regretful and regrettable are distinct in meaning: regretful means ‘feeling or showing regret ’ ( she shook her head with a regretful smile ), while regrettable means ‘giving rise to regret, undesirable ’ ( the loss of jobs is regrettable ).The adverbs regretfully and regrettably have not, however, preserved the same distinction. Regretfully is used as a normal manner adverb to mean ‘in a regretful manner ’ ( he sighed regretfully ), but it is also used as a sentence adverb meaning ‘it is regrettable that ’ ( regretfully, the trustees must turn down your request ). In this latter use it is synonymous with regrettably. Despite objections from traditionalists, this use is now well established and is included in most modern dictionaries without comment. See also usage at hopefully and sentence adverb .

regretfully

re ¦gret |ful ¦ly |rɪˈɡrɛtfəli | ▶adverb in a regretful manner. • [ sentence adverb ] it is regrettable that: regretfully, mounting costs forced the branch to close. usage: The adjectives regretful and regrettable are distinct in meaning: regretful means ‘feeling or showing regret ’, as in she shook her head with a regretful smile, while regrettable means ‘giving rise to regret; undesirable ’, as in the loss of jobs is regrettable . The adverbs regretfully and regrettably have not, however, preserved the same distinction. Regretfully is used as a normal adverb to mean ‘in a regretful manner ’ ( he sighed regretfully ), but it is also used as a sentence adverb meaning ‘it is regrettable that ’ ( regretfully, mounting costs forced the branch to close ). In this latter use it is synonymous with regrettably. Despite objections from traditionalists, this use is now well established and is included in most modern dictionaries without comment.

regretfully

re gr é t ful ly 副詞 残念そうに ; 悔やんで ; ｟かたく ｠〖文修飾 〗残念ながら (!この意味ではregrettablyが普通 ) .