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UNFORTUNATELY

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (adverb) 

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Meaning:

By bad luck

Example:

alas, I cannot stay

Synonyms:

alas; regrettably; unfortunately; unluckily

Classified under:

Adverbs

Antonym:

fortunately (by good fortune)

Pertainym:

unfortunate (not favored by fortune; marked or accompanied by or resulting in ill fortune)

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 Context examples: 

I took a run, but unfortunately jumped short, and found myself just in the middle up to my knees.

(Gulliver's Travels into several remote nations of the world, by Jonathan Swift)

It is unfortunately more than possible; it is certain.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

"I can believe it," said Elinor; "but unfortunately he did not feel the same."

(Sense and Sensibility, by Jane Austen)

Unfortunately, many of these compounds are also toxic for humans, making it impossible to use them as antibiotic drugs.

(Venom of Wasp, Bee Repurposed as Antibiotic Drug, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

I was unfortunately and ignorantly facing it.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

Where, unfortunately, they would compete for food with pandas.

(Belly up to the bamboo buffet: Pandas vs. horses, NSF)

Unfortunately, mosquitoes are much more than an itchy annoyance.

(How mosquitoes detect people, NIH)

In the stability study the two viruses behaved similarly, which unfortunately fails to explain why COVID-19 has become a much larger outbreak.

(New coronavirus stable for hours on surface, National Institutes of Health)

Unfortunately, BPS is also an endocrine disruptor, and its environmental persistence is greater than that of BPA, so it’s not a valid option.

(Purchase receipts with easily erasable ink contain cancer- and infertility inducing substances, University of Granada)

Unfortunately, the original French green clays were depleted.

(New answer to MRSA, other 'superbug' infections: clay minerals?, NSF)