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Alas

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Adverb

1. alas, regrettably, unfortunately, unluckily

by bad luck

Example Sentences:
'unfortunately it rained all day'
'alas, I cannot stay'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Alas

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sentence connector
1. 
unfortunately; regrettably
there were, alas, none left
exclamation
2. 
an exclamation of grief, compassion, or alarm
abbreviation for
Alaska

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Alas

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Alaska
interjection
used to express sorrow, pity, regret, or worry

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Alas

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interj.
Used to express sorrow, regret, grief, compassion, or apprehension of danger or evil.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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