Meaning of ALAS
| Pronunciation: | | u'las
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| | Definition: | | [adv] by bad luck; "unfortunately it rained all day"; "alas, I cannot stay" |
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| | Synonyms: | | regrettably, unfortunately, unluckily |
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| | Antonyms: | | as luck would have it, fortuitously, fortunately, luckily | | |
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \A*las"\, interj. [OE. alas, allas, OF. alas, F. h['e]las;
a interj. (L. ah.) + las wretched (that I am), L. lassus
weary, akin to E. late. See {Late}.]
An exclamation expressive of sorrow, pity, or apprehension of
evil; -- in old writers, sometimes followed by day or white;
alas the day, like alack a day, or alas the white.
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