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.
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.