Synonyms for unhappily
un·hap·pi·ly

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1. unhappilyadverb

   Antonyms:
   happily

2. unhappilyadverb

   Antonyms:
   happily

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1. unhappilyadverb

   in an unpleasant way

   "they were unhappily married"

   Synonyms:
   sadly

   Antonyms:
   merrily, mirthfully, happily, blithely, jubilantly, gayly

2. sadly, unhappilyadverb

   in an unfortunate way

   "sadly he died before he could see his grandchild"

   Synonyms:
   woefully, deplorably, lamentably, sadly

   Antonyms:
   jubilantly, blithely, merrily, happily, mirthfully, gayly

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1. List of paraphrases for "unhappily":

   unfortunately

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1. Alexander Meigs Haig:

   I'm the only American alive or dead who presided unhappily over the removal of a vice president and a president.

2. Tom Stoppard:

   The bad end unhappily, the good unluckily. That is what tragedy means.

3. Morrie Schwartz:

   Dying is only one thing to be sad over... Living unhappily is something else.

4. James Baldwin:

   Americans, unhappily, have the most remarkable ability to alchemize all bitter truths into an innocuous but piquant confection and to transform their moral contradictions, or public discussion of such contradictions, into a proud decoration, such as are given for heroism on the battle field.