Dolorously
Dolorously adverb - With feelings of bitterness or grief.
Usage example: another country singer wailing dolorously about the faithless woman who done him wrong
Plaintively and dolorously are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Plaintively" instead an adverb "Dolorously".
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
Dolorously and plaintively are semantically related. You can use "Dolorously" instead an adverb "Plaintively".
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- bitterly and dolorously
- bitterly and plaintively
- ruefully and dolorously
- ruefully and plaintively
- disconsolately and dolorously
- disconsolately and plaintively
- sadly and dolorously
- sadly and plaintively
- woefully and dolorously
- woefully and plaintively
- dismally and dolorously
- dismally and plaintively
- dolefully and dolorously
- dolefully and plaintively
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