unluckily

adverb

Definition of unluckilynext
as in unfortunately

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Recent Examples of unluckily But unluckily, the hatch was open—so the vessel sank 5,000 feet to the ocean floor. — Popular Science Team, Popular Science, 26 Feb. 2025 Luckily for him, and unluckily for the cast and crew, real zombies arrive. — Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 14 July 2023 Luckily, or unluckily, depending on one’s perspective, Mayci is not allowed to let the situation lie for long. — Kathleen Walsh, Vulture, 12 Mar. 2026 Despite being the better team by all accounts, her first foray in the German top-flight unluckily ended with a 2-1 loss to Die Wölfe. — Sebastian Shukla, CNN Money, 23 Apr. 2026 Most of the damage wiped out four watertight compartments, into which 16,000 tons of water gushed, but unluckily the ice pierced two other compartments. — Sean Kingsley, HollywoodReporter, 11 Apr. 2025 The government is not some company unluckily plagued by incompetent executives. — Veronique De Rugy, Oc Register, 19 May 2026 These include his eldest, Frederick (Henry Thomas), a Kendall Roy type and father to the only Usher grandchild, unluckily named Lenore. — Lili Loofbourow, Washington Post, 11 Oct. 2023 In the second half, Herrington recovered well to guard Jesus Ferreira, but unluckily deflected a shot straight to Paul Rothrock for Seattle’s second goal. — Braidon Nourse, Denver Post, 23 Feb. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for unluckily
  1. unfortunately
  2. sadly
  3. unhappily
  4. regrettably
  5. tragically
  6. lamentably
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  • Summer is peak tick season, and unfortunately, ticks can spread diseases, like Lyme.
    — Malaka Gharib, NPR, 1 July 2026
  • And that consequence, unfortunately, will be borne by those who actually are influenced by it.
    — CBS News, CBS News, 28 June 2026
Definition of unfortunately
Adverb
  • To its sadly unusual credit, each Enola Holmes film has taken on a different social issue to address, albeit at times rather on the nose-edly.
    — Hannah Abraham, Forbes.com, 4 July 2026
  • The Prince of Wales sadly won’t be attending Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce‘s wedding Friday in New York City, but the heir to the British throne nonetheless made sure to offer some royal prestige to events.
    — Dominic Patten, Deadline, 3 July 2026
Definition of sadly
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  • Wilde stars as one half of a struggling couple, unhappily married to a character played by Seth Rogen.
    — Mark Olsen, Los Angeles Times, 26 June 2026
  • Elizabeth Banks is Lindy Littlejohn, a seriously frustrated writer, unhappily if tumultuously married to Les (Matthew Macfadyen), a brilliant scientist.
    — Stephen Schaefer, Boston Herald, 9 Apr. 2026
Definition of unhappily
Adverb
  • But the obstacles blocking James from joining the Wolves are, regrettably, manifold — money being the first and foremost.
    — Anthony Bettin, CBS News, 1 July 2026
  • The world, regrettably, has a habit of changing.
    — Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic, Forbes.com, 19 June 2026
Definition of regrettably
Adverb
  • The pair, along with Bessette's sister, Lauren Bessette, tragically died in a plane crash off Martha's Vineyard in July 1999.
    — Taijuan Moorman, USA Today, 3 July 2026
  • Shirley's next-door neighbors, young couple Dion and Jennifer Longworth, were both tragically killed by the explosion, according to WRTV.
    — Caroline Blair, PEOPLE, 2 July 2026
Definition of tragically
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  • The Locke works are placed directly above and below a small Albers; inches away from each are examples of minerals, in their own display cases, which, jutting out from the wall, distract lamentably from the canvases.
    — Brian Boucher, ARTnews.com, 8 June 2026
  • Our attorney general’s hyperbolic statements, lamentably, do little to help on that front.
    — Letters to the Editor, Hartford Courant, 1 May 2026
Definition of lamentably

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