sadly
adv. sent.adv. in a way that shows you are unhappy or feeling sorrow. You can also use it at the start of a sentence to say that something is unfortunate.
adv. in a sorrowful or unhappy manner; also used as a disjunct to express the speaker's regret regarding a situation.
He looked at the broken toy sadly.
Sadly, the local library will close next month due to a lack of funding.
The old man smiled sadly as he looked through the faded photographs of his childhood home, knowing he could never return to that simpler time.
From Middle English sadly; equivalent to sad + -ly.
When modifying a whole sentence, it usually appears at the beginning followed by a comma; as a manner adverb, it follows the verb.
He sadly said goodbye.He said goodbye sadly.When describing the manner of an action, the adverb usually follows the verb or the object rather than sitting between the subject and verb.