Lugubriously
Lugubriously adverb - With feelings of bitterness or grief.
Usage example: 18th-century gravestones typically have inscriptions in which the brevity of life and the certainty of death are lugubriously noted
Regretfully and lugubriously are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Regretfully" instead an adverb "Lugubriously".
Nearby Word: lugubrious
Regretfully
Regretfully adverb - With feelings of bitterness or grief.
Usage example: I must regretfully inform you that you are not among those who have been accepted for our internship program
Lugubriously and regretfully are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Lugubriously" instead an adverb "Regretfully".
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- bitterly and lugubriously
- bitterly and regretfully
- contritely and lugubriously
- contritely and regretfully
- ruefully and lugubriously
- ruefully and regretfully
- sadly and lugubriously
- sadly and regretfully
- woefully and lugubriously
- woefully and regretfully
- dismally and lugubriously
- dismally and regretfully
- dolefully and lugubriously
- dolefully and regretfully
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