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alas - Meaning and Examples

Meaning of 'alas' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Alas [ interj.]
- 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.

Meaning of 'alas' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . alas [ r]
Meaning (1):
- by bad luck
Example in sentence:
  • alas, I cannot stay;
  • unfortunately it rained all day