unhappily
English
editEtymology
editFrom Middle English onhappily, unhappili, unhappily, unhappyly; equivalent to un- + happily or unhappy + -ly.[1][2]
Pronunciation
editAdverb
editunhappily (comparative more unhappily, superlative most unhappily)
- Unfortunately; regrettably.
- 2012, Christopher Clark, The Sleepwalkers, Penguin, published 2013, page 76:
- Theodore Roosevelt […] added, perhaps unhappily, that he believed the US administration in the Philippines could learn a lot from the Austrian example.
- Through evil fate or chance; wretchedly.
- Without happiness; sadly.
Antonyms
editReferences
edit- ^ “unhappī̆lī, adv.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
- ^ “unhappily, adv.”, in OED Online , Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.