Regretfully
Regretfully adverb - With feelings of bitterness or grief.
Usage example: I must regretfully inform you that you are not among those who have been accepted for our internship program
Woefully and regretfully are semantically related in unfortunately topic. In some cases you can use "Woefully" instead an adverb "Regretfully", when it comes to topics like bitterly.
Woefully
Woefully adverb - With feelings of bitterness or grief.
Usage example: woefully recounted the many injustices that the family had endured at the hands of the dictator
Regretfully and woefully are semantically related in unfortunately topic. You can use "Regretfully" instead an adverb "Woefully", if it concerns topics such as bitterly.
Nearby Word: woeful
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- agonizingly and regretfully
- agonizingly and woefully
- regrettably and regretfully
- regrettably and woefully
- bitterly and regretfully
- bitterly and woefully
- ruefully and regretfully
- ruefully and woefully
- distressingly and regretfully
- distressingly and woefully
- painfully and regretfully
- painfully and woefully
- lamentably and regretfully
- lamentably and woefully
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