regretfully vs regrettably

regretfully

adv
  • In a regretful manner, with regret. 

  • Unfortunately, in a manner inspiring or deserving regret; used only as a sentence adverb (to introduce and modify an entire sentence). 

regrettably

adv
  • In a manner inspiring or deserving regret. 

How often have the words regretfully and regrettably occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )