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Then we might all live together, and perhaps you might be happy But in the meantime"--sadly--"we poor folks must live That is the worst of it," says Luttrell, with questionable taste, biting his moustache.

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  1. Firmly; tightly. Thus sall I iune it with a gynn, And sadly sette it with symonde fyne, Thus sall y wyrke it both more and myn[n]e. York Plays, p. 43. In gon the speres ful sadly in arest. Chaucer, Knight's Tale, l. 1744.
  2. Steadily; constantly; persistently; industriously; eagerly. Wiʒtly as a wod man the windowe he opened, & souʒt sadli al a-boute his semliche douʒter, but al wrouʒt in wast for went was that mayde. William of Palerne (E. E. T. S.), l. 2058. I praie thee, lord, that lore leere me, Aftir thi loue to haue longynge, And sadli to sette myn herte on thee. Hymns to Virgin, etc. (E. E. T. S.), p. 8. This messager drank sadly ale and wyn. Chaucer, Man of Law's Tale, l. 645.
  3. Quietly. Stand sadly in telling thy tale whensoeuer thou talkest. Babees Book (E. E. T. S.), p. 75. The fische in a dische clenly that ye lay With vineger & powdur ther vppon, thus is vsed ay, Than youre souerayne, whan hym semethe, sadly he may assay. Babees Book (E. E. T. S.), p. 159.
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  • Jones - sadly, and predictably - treats these people as if they are living under some obvious-to-everyone-else delusion (which of course they are) but (and this is my bone of contention) vehemently insisting that his beliefs in his god (3-in-one, self-fathering, becomes-a-man-cracker when magic words are spoken, etc.) are somewhat more sophisticated and otherwise obviously true. —  nullifidian
  • He can't wait until he returns - sadly, his parents are tragically murdered (by bikers, natch) so he is allowed to stay in Japan. —  Comics Should Be Good! @ Comic Book Resources
  • I tried to sign the band up on my Sweetwater 4 / 20 festival this year-sadly, they were already booked for Washington, but we are looking good for next year. —  Chattanooga Pulse
  • Here are some recent stories relevant to ProHipHop readers that should give you a pretty clear picture of why FOLIO is a must read though, sadly, that is partially due to the fact that they're really doing an excellent job of chronicling the failure of so many magazines to weather the one-two punch of the web and the recession. —  ProHipHop: Hip Hop Business
  • "On all three - sadly, sadly, sadly - McCain has flip-flopped," Chafee says. —  Integral Options Cafe
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  1. from Middle English sadly, sadli; from sad + -ly.
 

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