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
Hardly and dolefully are semantically related in distressingly topic. In some cases you can use "Hardly" instead an adverb "Dolefully".
Nearby Word: doleful
Hardly
Hardly adverb - With feelings of bitterness or grief.
Usage example: his broker did not think that he would take his financial losses so hardly
Dolefully and hardly are semantically related in distressingly topic. Sometimes you can use "Dolefully" instead an adverb "Hardly".
Nearby Word: hard
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