7
sadly(adverb, gloomily, miserably, unfortunately, wretchedly)
5
sorrowfully(adverb, sadly, gloomily, miserably, unhappily)
4
dolorously
4
mournfully(adverb, sadly, wretchedly, unhappily, hopelessly)
4
plaintively
4
unhappily(adverb, sadly, gloomily, miserably, drearily)
3
dismally
3
gloomily
3
grievously
2
despondently
2
disconsolately
2
drearily
2
funereally
2
glumly
2
lugubriously
2
miserably(adverb, sadly, gloomily, unfortunately, unhappily)
1
blackly
1
bluely
1
cheerlessly
1
darkly
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