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adjective

Sorry adj. (compar. sorrier; superl. sorriest)

Grieved for the loss of some good; pained for some evil; feeling regret; now generally used to express light grief or affliction, but formerly often used to express deeper feeling. "I am sorry for my sins." "Ye were made sorry after a godly manner." "I am sorry for thee, friend; 't is the duke's pleasure." "She entered, were he lief or sorry."

Melancholy; dismal; gloomy; mournful. "All full of chirking was this sorry place."

Poor; mean; worthless; as, a sorry excuse. "With sorry grace." "Cheeks of sorry grain will serve." " Good fruit will sometimes grow on a sorry tree."

Synonyms: Hurt; afflicted; mortified; vexed; chagrined; melancholy; dismal; poor; mean; pitiful.

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Etymology of 'Sorry'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Sorry" Quotes from Famous Books

... said, 'you won't let me go away sorry, will you? and I must go so soon. For my sake, when ...

— The Talking Horse - And Other Tales • F. Anstey

... "I always do what the ladies tell me to do; and I am more sorry than I can say, but I have to know beforehand when I am to tell a story, and indeed I haven't ...

— John Gayther's Garden and the Stories Told Therein • Frank R. Stockton

... straight, meet me at the storekeeper's office at three o'clock this afternoon. I hope by that hour to be in a position to apologize to you. In the meantime," his good nature, as with all persons of warm temperament, speedily returning, "if I have wronged you, I am sorry." ...

— Prince or Chauffeur? - A Story of Newport • Lawrence Perry

... other and to make mutual little gifts. It was a most agreeable and enjoyable affair and quite looked forward to by all sections of the community. People who might not have met for months before were sure to meet there, and we all felt sorry when it came to an end. But the departure of people for dinner did not by any means bring the tamasha to a close, as later in the evening the elite of Dhurrumtollah and Bow Bazaar made their appearance, the ...

— Recollections of Calcutta for over Half a Century • Montague Massey

... evidently more friendly than fierce, but he was more diffident than friendly. He liked to have you in sight, but wouldn't have pretended to understand you much or to classify you, and would have been sorry it should put you under an obligation. He and his wife spoke sometimes, but seldom talked, and there was something vague and patient in them, as if they had become victims of a wrought spell. The spell however was of ...

— Pandora • Henry James

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