'Unfortunately' definitions:
Definition of 'unfortunately'
(from WordNet)
adverb
By bad luck; "unfortunately it rained all day"; "alas, I cannot stay" [syn: unfortunately, unluckily, regrettably, alas] [ant: as luck would have it, fortuitously, fortunately, luckily]
Definition of 'Unfortunately'
From: GCIDE
- Unfortunate \Un*for"tu*nate\, a. Not fortunate; unsuccessful; not prosperous; unlucky; attended with misfortune; unhappy; as, an unfortunate adventure; an unfortunate man; an unfortunate commander; unfortunate business. -- n. An unfortunate person. --Hood. [1913 Webster] -- {Un*for"tu*nate*ly}, adv. -- {Un*for"tu*nate*ness}, n. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'unfortunately'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- by ill hap,
- by ill luck,
- impolitically,
- impoliticly,
- in adverse circumstances,
- inadvisably,
- inappropriately,
- inaptly,
- inauspiciously,
- incongruously,
- inconveniently,
- ineptly,
- inexpediently,
- infelicitously,
- inopportunely,
- sadly,
- undesirably,
- unfavorably,
- unfittingly,
- unhappily,
- unluckily,
- unpromisingly,
- unpropitiously,
- unprovidentially,
- unseasonably,
- unsuitably