dolefully
adverb (dolefully)
Everyday
Dolefully means in a sad, mournful way, as if very unhappy: he sighed dolefully. tree →
In the lessons
in stories, a character speaks or moves dolefully to show grief or misery, often when things have gone wrong.
Examples
- "I lost my ball," he said dolefully. tree →
- The dog looked dolefully at the empty bowl. tree →
- She sighed dolefully and sat down on the step. tree →
Note
nothing for maths
On Mova
- Trees and pragmatics of «dolefully» in the school dictionary: every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- «dolefully» in the school dictionary on Mova free.
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