すまなく is 'sorry' but how does 思うが change this meaning? 'I feel sorry?'
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meaning renyōkei
What does すまなく思うが mean?
すまない = sorrowful

すまなく = sorrowfully (this is the 連用形 of すまない)

思う = to think (verb)

が = but (conjunctive)

Literally すまなく思うが = I think sorrowfully but... = I feel sorry but ...

The sentence is unfinished. It is up to the reader/listener to guess what
follows.
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Here the meaning of 思う is ratherr "feel" than "think" in English.

すまなく思うが＝ Though I feel sorry,...
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