Crestfallenly
Plaintively and crestfallenly are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Plaintively" instead an adverb "Crestfallenly".
Plaintively
Plaintively adverb - With feelings of bitterness or grief.
Usage example: the man sighed plaintively as it became clear that he was getting nowhere with the officious bureacrat
Crestfallenly and plaintively are semantically related. You can use "Crestfallenly" instead an adverb "Plaintively".
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- hard and crestfallenly
- hard and plaintively
- ruefully and crestfallenly
- ruefully and plaintively
- sadly and crestfallenly
- sadly and plaintively
- woefully and crestfallenly
- woefully and plaintively
- dolefully and crestfallenly
- dolefully and plaintively
- sorrowfully and crestfallenly
- sorrowfully and plaintively
- sorely and crestfallenly
- sorely and plaintively
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