SORRILY
Etymology
Adverb
sorrily (comparative more sorrily, superlative most sorrily)
In a sorry manner; poorly.
Thy pipe, O Pan, shall help, though I sing sorrily.
Source: Wiktionary
Sor"ri*ly, adv.
Definition: In a sorry manner; poorly.
Thy pipe, O Pan, shall help, though I sing sorrily. Sir P. Sidney.
SORRY
Sor"ry, a. [Compar. Sorrier; superl. Sorriest.] Etym: [OE. sory,
sary, AS. sarig, fr. sar, n., sore. See Sore, n. & a. The original
sense was, painful; hence. miserable, sad.]
1. 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." Piers Plowman.
Ye were made sorry after a godly manner. 2 Cor. vii. 9.
I am sorry for thee, friend; 't is the duke's pleasure. Shak.
She entered, were he lief or sorry. Spenser.
2. Melancholy; dismal; gloomy; mournful. Spenser.
All full of chirking was this sorry place. Chaucer.
3. Poor; mean; worthless; as, a sorry excuse. "With sorry grace."
Chaucer.
Cheeks of sorry grain will serve. Milton.
Good fruit will sometimes grow on a sorry tree. Sir W. Scott.
Syn.
– Hurt; afflicted; mortified; vexed; chagrined; melancholy; dismal;
poor; mean; pitiful.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition