Downheartedly
Plaintively and downheartedly are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Plaintively" instead an adverb "Downheartedly".
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
Downheartedly and plaintively are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Downheartedly" instead an adverb "Plaintively".
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- ruefully and downheartedly
- ruefully and plaintively
- disconsolately and downheartedly
- disconsolately and plaintively
- despairingly and downheartedly
- despairingly and plaintively
- despondently and downheartedly
- despondently and plaintively
- dejectedly and downheartedly
- dejectedly and plaintively
- sadly and downheartedly
- sadly and plaintively
- woefully and downheartedly
- woefully and plaintively
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