Similar words: regretful, fretfully, fretful, regret, regrettable, regrettably, tactfully, wistfully. Meaning: [rɪ'gretfʊlɪ] 
adv. with regret (used in polite formulas).
adv. with regret (used in polite formulas). 
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1. 'I must go,' he said regretfully.
2. Emma shook her head regretfully.
3. 'I'm afraid not,' he said regretfully.
4. Regretfully, some jobs will be lost.
5. Regretfully, mounting costs have forced the museum to close.
6. Regretfully, we do not have time to continue this discussion now.
7. There is, regretfully, no space in this article to examine all these issues.
8. The mate observed regretfully that he could not account for that young fellow's whims.
9. He shook his head regretfully.
10. Regretfully,(sentencedict .com) Gwendolen dismissed the notion.
11. Regretfully, Elliot was forced to close the business.
12. Regretfully traditional inspection often shifts the focus of responsibility for the quality of performance away from the person carrying out the work.
13. Regretfully I see in him a nature inclined to harshness and rigour, with little tenderness and forthrightness.
14. No, regretfully Mrs Field died before it could be arranged.
15. In the end he sent it, regretfully, to Paul, thus adding to the latter's troubles.
16. Because of our comparative approach, we must regretfully bypass interesting problems within the individual countries.
17. Regretfully he kissed her forehead, extracted himself from her embrace and sent her on her way to a virtuous bed.
18. Regretfully, I must decline.
19. Regretfully , no , madam. It's our policy.
20. He released his hold upon her regretfully.
21. I must regretfully decline your kind invitation.
22. "I'm awfully sorry," she told him regretfully.
23. Regretfully, fewer people than east to west to reply.
24. Due to the complexity of the process, regretfully, we cannot provide technical support for such attempts.
25. If you cannot do so, then I must regretfully decline your offer as It'stands.
26. Having asked his departure date, people would say regretfully, " What?
27. But also that day he sent a note to the Nawab, regretfully declining the invitation. 28 February.
28. When the Muni stopped at Masonic I got off, regretfully.
29. Indeed I piled up on my home bookshelf many more volumes than appear here and which I have regretfully had to omit.
30. After several weeks of back-and-forth, Menashe emailed Harmel to say that, regretfully, the deal was off.
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