sorry
adjective
feeling regret, compunction, sympathy, pity, etc..
sorriness
-
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
Moreover, the figure near at hand suffers on such occasion, because it shows up its sorriness without shade; while vague figures afar off are honoured, in that their distance makes artistic virtues of their stains.
From Tess of the d'Urbervilles by Thomas Hardy
His voice was thick with sorriness, and he could hardly get the words out.
From Outa Karel's Stories South African Folk-Lore Tales by Sanni Metelerkamp
And yet for very sorriness I cannot own the weird phantasma real!
From The Dynasts by Thomas Hardy
