regrettingly

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adverb

With regret; ruefully.

OriginEnglish regretting ← Middle English regretten ← Old French regreter →
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Meanings

adverbregrettingly (comparative more regrettingly, superlative most regrettingly)

comparative more regrettingly · superlative most regrettingly

  1. With regret; ruefully.

Origin

  1. Proto-Italic*wre-
  2. Latinre-
  3. Old Frenchre-
  4. Proto-Indo-European*ǵʰreh₁d-
  5. Proto-Germanic*grētaną
  6. Frankish*grātan
  7. Old French*greter
  8. Old Frenchregreter
  9. Middle Englishregretten
  10. Englishregretting
  11. Englishregrettingly

From regretting + -ly.

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APA

regrettingly. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/regrettingly

MLA

“regrettingly.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/regrettingly. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “regrettingly,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/regrettingly.

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