SORROWFULLY

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I. (adverb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

With sadness; in a sorrowful manner

Example:

his mother looked at him dolefully when he told her he had joined the Army

Synonyms:

dolefully; sorrowfully

Classified under:

Adverbs

Pertainym:

sorrowful (experiencing or marked by or expressing sorrow especially that associated with irreparable loss)

Sense 2

Meaning:

In a sorrowful manner

Classified under:

Adverbs

Pertainym:

sorrowful (experiencing or marked by or expressing sorrow especially that associated with irreparable loss)

Credits

Context examples:

Still his wife sighed, shook her head sorrowfully, and stitched on.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

And this, said Mr. Micawber, nodding his head sorrowfully, is the Bench!

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

He sat for a while very sorrowfully, then suddenly he felt in his pocket and found his tobacco pipe, which was still half full.

(Fairy Tales, by The Brothers Grimm)

Easter came particularly late this year, as Fanny had most sorrowfully considered, on first learning that she had no chance of leaving Portsmouth till after it.

(Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen)

He looked at her gravely for a minute and then said sorrowfully:—"Because my dear, dear Madam Mina, now more than ever must we find him even if we have to follow him to the jaws of Hell!"

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

"I don't know," replied Dorothy sorrowfully, "but it is my home, and I'm sure it's somewhere."

(The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, by L. Frank Baum)

When she had heard the explanation of the quoted phrases, Mrs. March said sorrowfully...

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

I whispered a few words to Agnes, who was weeping, half joyfully, half sorrowfully, at my side; and there was a movement among us, as if Mr. Micawber had finished.