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
Wailfully and plaintively are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Wailfully" instead an adverb "Plaintively".
Wailfully
Wailfully adverb - With feelings of bitterness or grief.
Usage example: the lost child wailfully kept asking for his mother
Plaintively and wailfully are semantically related. You can use "Plaintively" instead an adverb "Wailfully".
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- hard and plaintively
- hard and wailfully
- bitterly and plaintively
- bitterly and wailfully
- ruefully and plaintively
- ruefully and wailfully
- painfully and plaintively
- painfully and wailfully
- sadly and plaintively
- sadly and wailfully
- woefully and plaintively
- woefully and wailfully
- dismally and plaintively
- dismally and wailfully
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