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
Woefully and plaintively are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Woefully" instead an adverb "Plaintively".
Woefully
Woefully adverb - With feelings of bitterness or grief.
Usage example: woefully recounted the many injustices that the family had endured at the hands of the dictator
Plaintively and woefully are semantically related. You can use "Plaintively" instead an adverb "Woefully".
Nearby Word: woeful
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- bitterly and plaintively
- bitterly and woefully
- ruefully and plaintively
- ruefully and woefully
- disconsolately and plaintively
- disconsolately and woefully
- distressingly and plaintively
- distressingly and woefully
- painfully and plaintively
- painfully and woefully
- sadly and plaintively
- sadly and woefully
- dismally and plaintively
- dismally and woefully
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