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
Unhappily and plaintively are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Unhappily" instead an adverb "Plaintively".
Unhappily
Unhappily adverb - With feelings of bitterness or grief.
Usage example: an unhappily married couple being counseled by a professional
Plaintively and unhappily are semantically related. You can use "Plaintively" instead an adverb "Unhappily".
Nearby Word: unhappy
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- bitterly and plaintively
- bitterly and unhappily
- ruefully and plaintively
- ruefully and unhappily
- despondently and plaintively
- despondently and unhappily
- sadly and plaintively
- sadly and unhappily
- woefully and plaintively
- woefully and unhappily
- dismally and plaintively
- dismally and unhappily
- dolefully and plaintively
- dolefully and unhappily
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Unhappily and Plaintively. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 01, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/plaintively/unhappily
Plaintively & Unhappily. N.p., 2016. Web. 01 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/plaintively/unhappily>.
Unhappily or Plaintively. 2016. Accessed August 01, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/plaintively/unhappily.
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