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
Regretfully and plaintively are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Regretfully" instead an adverb "Plaintively".
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
Plaintively and regretfully are semantically related. You can use "Plaintively" instead an adverb "Regretfully".
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- bitterly and plaintively
- bitterly and regretfully
- contritely and plaintively
- contritely and regretfully
- ruefully and plaintively
- ruefully and regretfully
- sadly and plaintively
- sadly and regretfully
- woefully and plaintively
- woefully and regretfully
- dismally and plaintively
- dismally and regretfully
- dolefully and plaintively
- dolefully and regretfully
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