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[syn: dolefully, sorrowfully]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Doleful \Dole"ful\, a.
Full of dole or grief; expressing or exciting sorrow;
sorrowful; sad; dismal.
[1913 Webster]
With screwed face and doleful whine. --South.
[1913 Webster]
Regions of sorrow, doleful shades. --Milton.
Syn: Piteous; rueful; sorrowful; woeful; melancholy; sad
gloomy; dismal; dolorous; woe-begone. -- Dole"ful*ly,
adv. -- Dole"ful*ness, n.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
dolefully
adv 1: with sadness; in a sorrowful manner; "his mother looked
at him dolefully when he told her he had joined the Army"
[syn: dolefully, sorrowfully]