Unhappily

Pronunciation

Origin

From unhappy + -ly.

Full definition of unhappily

Adverb

1. Unfortunately; regrettably.
• 2012, Christopher Clark, The Sleepwalkers, Penguin 2013, p. 76:Theodore Roosevelt … added, perhaps unhappily, that he believed the US administration in the Philippines could learn a lot form the Austrian example.
2. Through evil fate or chance; wretchedly.
3. Without happiness; sadly.

Antonyms

• happily