regretfully

«regretfully» in Mova's school dictionary: In a sorry way, feeling sad about a mistake or a loss — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

adverb (regretfully)

meaning for a pupil

In a sorry way, feeling sad about a mistake or a loss. tree →

sense in the lessons

in stories a character admits they cannot do something or let something go, with sorrow: «he said regretfully»

examples

• "I cannot come to the party," she said regretfully. tree →
• He regretfully gave back the borrowed book. tree →
• The fox watched the grapes fall away regretfully. tree →

note

nothing for maths

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «regretfully» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.