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