Downheartedly
Dolefully and downheartedly are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Dolefully" instead an adverb "Downheartedly".
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
Downheartedly and dolefully are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Downheartedly" instead an adverb "Dolefully".
Nearby Word: doleful
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- ruefully and downheartedly
- ruefully and dolefully
- disconsolately and downheartedly
- disconsolately and dolefully
- despairingly and downheartedly
- despairingly and dolefully
- despondently and downheartedly
- despondently and dolefully
- dispiritedly and downheartedly
- dispiritedly and dolefully
- dejectedly and downheartedly
- dejectedly and dolefully
- sadly and downheartedly
- sadly and dolefully
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