sorry
adjective
feeling regret, compunction, sympathy, pity, etc..
sorriness
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a word derived from
sorry.
Example Sentences
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“As old as I am,” Mounger said, “I got my greatest lesson on the sorriness of human nature at that time.”
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 28, 2016
Soon you will understand the sweetness of crying, of ears and sorriness and pastries and calves and diaphragms and tongues, each one as soothing as the last.”
From New York Times ● Jan. 15, 2010
And yet for very sorriness I cannot own the weird phantasma real!
From The Dynasts by Thomas Hardy
And her sorriness held her heart warm, in the glow of giving comfort.
From The Fortieth Door by Mary Hastings Bradley
But the sorriness of their nags made no difference as regarded the looks of the ladies.
From No Quarter! by Mayne Reid
