Sad″ly, adv. 1. Wearily; heavily; firmly.
In go the spears full sadly in arest. Chaucer.
2. Seriously; soberly; gravely.
To tell thee sadly, shepherd, without blame
Or our neglect, we lost her as we came. Milton.
3. Grievously; deeply; sorrowfully; miserably. “He sadly suffers in their grief.” Dryden.