unhappily

2 definitions found

unhappily - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Unhappy \Un*hap"py\, a.
     1. Not happy or fortunate; unfortunate; unlucky; as, affairs
        have taken an unhappy turn.
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     2. In a degree miserable or wretched; not happy; sad;
        sorrowful; as, children render their parents unhappy by
        misconduct.
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     3. Marked by infelicity; evil; calamitous; as, an unhappy
        day. "The unhappy morn." --Milton.
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     4. Mischievous; wanton; wicked. [Obs.] --Shak.
        [1913 Webster] -- Un*hap"pi*ly, adv. --
        Un*hap"pi*ness, n.
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unhappily - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  unhappily
      adv 1: in an unpleasant way; "they were unhappily married" [ant:
             blithely, gayly, happily, jubilantly, merrily,
             mirthfully]
      2: in an unfortunate way; "sadly he died before he could see his
         grandchild" [syn: sadly, unhappily] [ant: happily]