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
Sadly and lugubriously are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Sadly" instead an adverb "Lugubriously".
Nearby Word: lugubrious
Sadly
Sadly adverb - With feelings of bitterness or grief.
Usage example: sadly she told us how her dog died
Lugubriously and sadly are semantically related. You can use "Lugubriously" instead an adverb "Sadly".
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- bitterly and lugubriously
- bitterly and sadly
- ruefully and lugubriously
- ruefully and sadly
- painfully and lugubriously
- painfully and sadly
- dejectedly and lugubriously
- dejectedly and sadly
- woefully and lugubriously
- woefully and sadly
- dismally and lugubriously
- dismally and sadly
- dolefully and lugubriously
- dolefully and sadly
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