sorrily

English

Etymology

From Middle English soryly, from Old English sāriġlīċ; equivalent to sorry +‎ -ly.

Adverb

sorrily (comparative more sorrily, superlative most sorrily)

1. In a sorry manner; poorly.
   • a. 1587, Philippe Sidnei [i.e., Philip Sidney], “(please specify the page number)”, in Fulke Greville, Matthew Gwinne, and John Florio, editors, The Countesse of Pembrokes Arcadia [The New Arcadia], London: […] [John Windet] for William Ponsonbie, published 1590, →OCLC; republished in Albert Feuillerat, editor, The Countesse of Pembrokes Arcadia (Cambridge English Classics: The Complete Works of Sir Philip Sidney; I), Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: University Press, 1912, →OCLC:

     Thy pipe, O Pan, shall help, though I sing sorrily.