Dolefully
Dolefully adverb - With feelings of bitterness or grief.
Usage example: the novelist dolefully remarked that the proceeds from his last book would scarcely buy a dollhouse, let alone a real house
Distressingly and dolefully are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Distressingly" instead an adverb "Dolefully".
Nearby Word: doleful
Distressingly
Dolefully and distressingly are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Dolefully" instead an adverb "Distressingly".
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- very and dolefully
- very and distressingly
- hard and dolefully
- hard and distressingly
- badly and dolefully
- badly and distressingly
- hardly and dolefully
- hardly and distressingly
- severely and dolefully
- severely and distressingly
- agonizingly and dolefully
- agonizingly and distressingly
- acutely and dolefully
- acutely and distressingly
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