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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
sorry/ˈsɒri/
▶adjective (sorrier, sorriest)
  • 1 feeling distress, especially through sympathy with someone else's misfortune.

    ■ (sorry for) filled with compassion for.

  • 2 feeling regret or penitence.

    ■ used to express apology.

  • 3 in a poor or pitiful state.

    ■ unpleasant and regrettable.
– derivatives
sorrily adverb,
sorriness noun.
– origin OE sārig ‘pained, distressed’, of W. Gmc origin, from the base of sore.



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