Mirthfully and Plaintively

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Mirthfully adverb - In a cheerful or happy manner.

Usage example: an album of bawdy songs from the Elizabethan era, all of them lustily and mirthfully sung

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Plaintively is an antonym for mirthfully.

Nearby Words: mirth, mirthful, mirthless, mirthlessly

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

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Mirthfully is an antonym for plaintively.

Nearby Words: plaintive, plaint

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