Hurtfully
Ruefully
Ruefully adverb - With feelings of bitterness or grief.
Usage example: ruefully accepted the fact that the drunk driver would never adequately pay for his crime
Hurtfully and ruefully are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Hurtfully" instead an adverb "Ruefully".
Nearby Words: rueful, ruefulness
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- harshly and hurtfully
- harshly and ruefully
- cruelly and hurtfully
- cruelly and ruefully
- sharply and hurtfully
- sharply and ruefully
- bitterly and hurtfully
- bitterly and ruefully
- painfully and hurtfully
- painfully and ruefully
- sadly and hurtfully
- sadly and ruefully
- woefully and hurtfully
- woefully and ruefully
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