dictionary definitions for "unfortunately"


From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  unfortunately
      adv 1: by bad luck; "unfortunately it rained all day"; "alas, I
             cannot stay" [syn: unfortunately, unluckily,
             regrettably, alas] [ant: as luck would have it,
             fortuitously, fortunately, luckily]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Unfortunate \Un*for"tu*nate\, a.
     Not fortunate; unsuccessful; not prosperous; unlucky;
     attended with misfortune; unhappy; as, an unfortunate
     adventure; an unfortunate man; an unfortunate commander;
     unfortunate business. -- n. An unfortunate person. --Hood.
     [1913 Webster] -- Un*for"tu*nate*ly, adv. --
     Un*for"tu*nate*ness, n.
     [1913 Webster]


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