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
Resentfully and plaintively are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Resentfully" instead an adverb "Plaintively".
Resentfully
Resentfully adverb - With feelings of bitterness or grief.
Usage example: she apologized later, but it was clear she did so resentfully
Plaintively and resentfully are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Plaintively" instead an adverb "Resentfully".
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- hard and plaintively
- hard and resentfully
- hardly and plaintively
- hardly and resentfully
- cruelly and plaintively
- cruelly and resentfully
- bitterly and plaintively
- bitterly and resentfully
- ruefully and plaintively
- ruefully and resentfully
- sadly and plaintively
- sadly and resentfully
- woefully and plaintively
- woefully and resentfully
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