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
Hurtfully and dolefully are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Hurtfully" instead an adverb "Dolefully".
Nearby Word: doleful
Hurtfully
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- hardly and dolefully
- hardly and hurtfully
- harshly and dolefully
- harshly and hurtfully
- cruelly and dolefully
- cruelly and hurtfully
- bitterly and dolefully
- bitterly and hurtfully
- ruefully and dolefully
- ruefully and hurtfully
- painfully and dolefully
- painfully and hurtfully
- sadly and dolefully
- sadly and hurtfully
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Hurtfully and Dolefully. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 14, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/dolefully/hurtfully
Dolefully & Hurtfully. N.p., 2016. Web. 14 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/dolefully/hurtfully>.
Hurtfully or Dolefully. 2016. Accessed August 14, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/dolefully/hurtfully.
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