Sad"ly, adv. 1. Wearily; heavily; firmly. [Obs.]
In go the spears full sadly in arest.
Chaucer.
2. Seriously; soberly; gravely. [Obs.]
To tell thee sadly, shepherd, without blame
Or our neglect, we lost her as we came.
Milton.
3. Grievously; deeply; sorrowfully; miserably. "He sadly suffers in their grief."
Dryden.
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