regretfully

Definition of Regretfully in English :

1. regretfully

with regret (used in polite formulas)

Example Sentences:
'I must regretfully decline your kind invitation'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Regretfully

verb -grets, -gretting or -gretted (transitive)

1. (may take a clause as object or an infinitive)

to feel sorry, repentant, or upset about

2.

to bemoan or grieve the death or loss of

noun

3.

a sense of repentance, guilt, or sorrow, as over some wrong done or an unfulfilled ambition

4.

a sense of loss or grief

5. (plural)

a polite expression of sadness, esp in a formal refusal of an invitation

verb transitiveWord forms: reˈgretted or reˈgretting

1.

to feel sorry about or mourn for (a person or thing gone, lost, etc.)

2.

to feel troubled or remorseful over (something that has happened, one's own acts, etc.)

noun

3.

a troubled feeling or remorse over something that has happened, esp. over something that one has done or left undone

4.

sorrow over a person or thing gone, lost, etc.

adj.

Full of regret; sorrowful or sorry.