"regretfully sorry" ??
Below is an excerpt of an article pronouncing the plea and sentence of one of the people who supplied drugs to Matthew Perry. A quote from Erik Fleming follows the opening paragraph.
He says he's "regretfully sorry". That word choice, word combination, phrase (?) doesn't sit right with me. Wouldn't that mean that he regrets being sorry?
Erik Fleming, a licensed drug addiction counselor, admitted in a plea agreement to working with another dealer to provide Matthew Perry with dozens of vials of ketamine, including the dose that killed him.
"I am regretfully sorry for the pain and anguish I have caused the family. It’s what hurts me the most," Fleming told reporters upon leaving the courthouse.