Sadly, 1) sorrowfully, mournfully: Ven. 889. Ven. 889 Lucr. 561. Lucr. 561 Lucr. 561 Sonn. 8, 1. Compl. 47. Tp. I, 2, 235. Gent. II, 1, 31. All's III, 5, 70. John III, 1, 20. R2 V, 6, 51. H6C V, 5, 7. R3 V, 3, 287. Tim. II, 2, 106. Hml. II, 2, 168. Oth. II, 1, 32. Cymb. V, 5, 23. Cymb. V, 5, 23 sad or merrily for “sadly or merrily:” Err. IV, 2, 4. H4A V, 2, 12 (the suffix ly belonging to both words).
2) gravely, seriously, in earnest: “this can be no trick; the conference was s. borne,” Ado II, 3, 229. “my father is gone wild into his grave, for in his tomb lie my affections, and with his spirit s. I survive, to mock the expectation of the world,” H4B V, 2, 125. “but s. tell me who,” Rom. I, 1, 207.
Shakespeare Lexicon. Alexander Schmidt. Berlin. Georg Reimer. 1902.
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