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
Sorely and plaintively are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Sorely" instead an adverb "Plaintively".
Sorely
Sorely adverb - With feelings of bitterness or grief.
Usage example: our company president, who is retiring at the end of the year, will be sorely missed
Plaintively and sorely are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Plaintively" instead an adverb "Sorely".
Nearby Word: soreness
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- hard and plaintively
- hard and sorely
- hardly and plaintively
- hardly and sorely
- cruelly and plaintively
- cruelly and sorely
- severely and plaintively
- severely and sorely
- agonizingly and plaintively
- agonizingly and sorely
- acutely and plaintively
- acutely and sorely
- bitterly and plaintively
- bitterly and sorely
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