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comparative more unfortunately, superlative most unfortunately
Happening through bad luck, or because of some unfortunate event. examples
Used (as a parenthetical word) to express disappointment, compassion, sorrow, regret, or grief. quotations examples
Unfortunately, the uproar awoke Mr. Jones, who sprang out of bed, making sure that there was a fox in the yard.
1945 August 17, George Orwell [pseudonym; Eric Arthur Blair], chapter 1, in Animal Farm […], London: Secker & Warburg