Ruefully
Ruefully adverb - With feelings of bitterness or grief.
Repentantly and ruefully are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Repentantly" instead an adverb "Ruefully".
Nearby Words: rueful, ruefulness
Repentantly
Repentantly adverb - Showing remorse.
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Synonyms for Repentantly
Ruefully and repentantly are semantically related. You can use "Ruefully" instead an adverb "Repentantly".
Nearby Words: repentance, repentant
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Related pairs
- contritely and ruefully
- contritely and repentantly
- remorsefully and ruefully
- remorsefully and repentantly
- dolefully and ruefully
- dolefully and repentantly
- sorrowfully and ruefully
- sorrowfully and repentantly
- humbly and ruefully
- humbly and repentantly
- penitently and ruefully
- penitently and repentantly
- regretfully and ruefully
- regretfully and repentantly
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