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
Unhappily and dolefully are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Unhappily" instead an adverb "Dolefully". popular alternative
Nearby Word: doleful
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- ruefully and dolefully
- ruefully and unhappily
- painfully and dolefully
- painfully and unhappily
- despondently and dolefully
- despondently and unhappily
- dejectedly and dolefully
- dejectedly and unhappily
- sadly and dolefully
- sadly and unhappily
- woefully and dolefully
- woefully and unhappily
- dismally and dolefully
- dismally and unhappily
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Unhappily and Dolefully. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 01, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/dolefully/unhappily
Dolefully & Unhappily. N.p., 2016. Web. 01 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/dolefully/unhappily>.
Unhappily or Dolefully. 2016. Accessed August 01, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/dolefully/unhappily.
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