Ruefully
Ruefully adverb - With feelings of bitterness or grief.
Usage example: ruefully accepted the fact that the drunk driver would never adequately pay for his crime
Resentfully and ruefully are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Resentfully" instead an adverb "Ruefully".
Nearby Words: rueful, ruefulness
Resentfully
Resentfully adverb - With feelings of bitterness or grief.
Usage example: she apologized later, but it was clear she did so resentfully
Ruefully and resentfully are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Ruefully" instead an adverb "Resentfully".
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- hard and ruefully
- hard and resentfully
- hardly and ruefully
- hardly and resentfully
- cruelly and ruefully
- cruelly and resentfully
- bitterly and ruefully
- bitterly and resentfully
- painfully and ruefully
- painfully and resentfully
- sadly and ruefully
- sadly and resentfully
- woefully and ruefully
- woefully and resentfully
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