What is "regretfully"

Usage examples of "regretfully".

Laaqueel regretfully let go of the hammer offeree, feeling it disappear from the physical plane.

Zataki had been invited, but of course he had regretfully declined due to ill health, though he had been seen galloping the northern hills and was presently pillowing with his legendary strength.

How had he come to this pass, which swung him round to think almost regretfully of the scorned multitude of fair besiegers in the market, some of whom had their unpoetic charms?

Regretfully Suzanne decided that there was no time for lovemaking, Five minutes later she revised her overhasty judgment.

How graciously the water makes into the land, following the indentations, and flowing in little streams, going in and withdrawing gently and regretfully, and how the shore puts itself out in low points, wooing the embrace of the sea--a lovely union.

When Silas glanced at his watch and announced regretfully that it was time to leave.

It is impossible to miss the regret in his words, but he did not mean it regretfully, for he was talking about the difference anesthesia had made to sur­gery.

Regretfully Blisters peeled off from the quarry, and returned to the throng in the comforting shadows under the grandstand.

The little janitor, Buttonholes, rushed forward to help close the door and looked regretfully at the pool of muddy water on the tile floor.

He clotheslined an employee who was, quite properly, trying to prevent them from speeding recklessly through a developing riot—and, since it was the quickest way to explain, regretfully sucker-punched the woman as he went by.

He clotheslined an employee who was, quite properly, trying to prevent them from speeding recklessly through a developing riot—and, since it was the quickest way to explain, regretfully sucker-punched the woman as he went by.

Very little more of this systematic clubbing, I knew, and even a plastic surgeon would shake his head regretfully: but what really mattered was that with very little more of this treatment I would lose consciousness, perhaps for hours.

Regretfully, he admitted that the gross disillusionments of life had left their mark.

In fact, Tony assured his conscience regretfully, it seemed that where djinnees were concerned, he simply couldn't take yes for an answer.

Stevenson, when he had thought of Jekyll and Hyde, had seized upon a theme that was Dostoyevskian, but he had worked it out in terms of what some people might call Romance, but the genius regretfully had to use the word fustian.