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23
sorrowfully(adverb, regretfully)
17
sadly
9
regretfully(adverb, regretfully)
9
sorrily
8
contritely(adverb, regretfully)
6
unhappily
4
grievously
4
mournfully(adverb, regretfully)
4
remorsefully(adverb, regretfully)
3
lamentably(adverb, regretfully)
3
lugubriously
3
painfully
2
woefully
2
unfortunately
1
penitently(adverb, regretfully)
1
plaintively
1
agonizingly
1
dismally
1
distressingly
1
dolefully
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