Dolorously
Dolorously adverb - With feelings of bitterness or grief.
Usage example: another country singer wailing dolorously about the faithless woman who done him wrong
Sadly and dolorously are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Sadly" instead an adverb "Dolorously".
Sadly
Sadly adverb - With feelings of bitterness or grief.
Usage example: sadly she told us how her dog died
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- bitterly and dolorously
- bitterly and sadly
- ruefully and dolorously
- ruefully and sadly
- distressingly and dolorously
- distressingly and sadly
- painfully and dolorously
- painfully and sadly
- dejectedly and dolorously
- dejectedly and sadly
- lamentably and dolorously
- lamentably and sadly
- woefully and dolorously
- woefully and sadly
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