unfortunately

«unfortunately» in Mova's school dictionary: sad, bad or unlucky, or that it did not turn out well:… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

adverb

meaning for a pupil

Used to say that something is sad, bad or unlucky, or that it did not turn out well: «Unfortunately, it started to rain.» tree →

sense in the lessons

links bad news to what came before; in tales it warns that trouble is coming: «Unfortunately, the bridge was broken.»

examples

• Unfortunately, I left my lunch at home. tree →
• We wanted to go swimming, but unfortunately the pool was closed. tree →
• Unfortunately the cake burned while we were playing. tree →

note

nothing for maths

Trees and pragmatics

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