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Meanings of dolefully in English

With sadness; in a sorrowful manner.

Usage of dolefully in English
1
Then the King spake dolefully in the Hall of Kings, and said:
Time and the Gods
2
The four scientists huddled in their Genellan suits and dolefully watched him.
Genellan: planetfall
3
The Smith boy looked very sad, as he shook his face dolefully.
The Scranton High Chums on the Cinder Path / Or, The Mystery of ...
4
The words of this singular man and profound thinker, affected me dolefully.
Mohun; Or, the Last Days of Lee and His Paladins. / Final Memoir...
5
The screamers, crying curu-curu, and the ibises, wailing dolefully, came even closer.
Through the Brazilian Wilderness
6
The Beast, who had been sighing dolefully while she spoke, now replied:
The Blue Fairy Book
7
Upon being greeted with these words Maurice Pemberton shook his head dolefully.
The House Boat Boys; Or, Drifting Down to the Sunny South
8
They sat and sipped their lemonades, thoughtfully inspecting their straws, dolefully ruminative.
Stubble
9
The speaker, a shabby, unshaven man with a beastly face, whined dolefully.
The Penalty
10
Did you see the way he looked at her? she finished dolefully.
The Outdoor Girls at Wild Rose Lodge; Or, The Hermit of Moonligh...
11
She grows thinner and thinner, said Joe, dolefully, while he eyed her.
Five Weeks in a Balloon / Or, Journeys and Discoveries in Africa...
12
My hats are ruined,-andI, too, for that matter! continued Bélisaire, dolefully.
Jack / 1877
13
And so we lay the second night dolefully in the rain.
Project Gutenberg Complete Works of Winston Churchill
14
Presently the owl screeches dolefully once more and the bat wheels low overhead.
Blue Ridge Country
15
There I was in the hall, scribbling dolefully about my symptoms.
Set in Silver
16
Again the apothecary examined the body, and again he shook his head dolefully.
The Midnight Queen
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