alas

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

alas
    adv 1: by bad luck; "unfortunately it rained all day"; "alas, I
           cannot stay" [syn: {unfortunately}, {unluckily},
           {regrettably}, {alas}] [ant: {as luck would have it},
           {fortuitously}, {fortunately}, {luckily}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Alas \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.
   [1913 Webster]

from V.E.R.A. -- Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (June 2006)

ALAS
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