regrettably

1. 1.

   by bad luck

   “unfortunately it rained all day”

   “alas, I cannot stay”

   Synonymsunfortunatelyunluckilyalas

Questions about regrettably

What does regrettably mean?

regrettably means "by bad luck".

How many syllables are in regrettably?

regrettably has 4 syllables: re-gret-ta-bly. The stress falls on "gret". In IPA it is /ɹɪˈɡɹɛtəbli/.

What is another word for regrettably?

Close synonyms include unfortunately, unluckily, alas. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is regrettably a common word?

regrettably is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.