fairly sorry
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A moderate expression of regret or sympathy.
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Examples (10)
- Beth was feeling fairly sorry for them.
- He was fairly sorry for his insensitive remark.
- I felt fairly sorry for the losing team, despite their poor performance.
- She seemed fairly sorry when she realized her mistake.
- The manager was fairly sorry about the delay in the project.
- Are you fairly sorry for breaking the vase?
- Even though he apologized, he didn't appear fairly sorry.
- We were all fairly sorry to hear about their misfortune.
- He admitted he was fairly sorry for causing trouble.
- If you're fairly sorry, you should offer to help fix it.