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Meanings of reply dolefully in English

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Usage of reply dolefully in English
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For some minutes he continued to reply dolefully, and with a kind of shamefaced reluctance, to the questions piled upon him.
The Market-Place
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And the mate, although much touched by his pleadings, replied dolefully:
Mare Nostrum (Our Sea): A Novel
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I'm done for, she replied dolefully.
Esther Waters
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"I think I just thought of the perfect teacher," James replied dolefully.
James Potter and the Curse of the Gatekeeper
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"But the opera is announced for to-morrow night," Mr. Hermann Goetze replied dolefully.
Evelyn Innes
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"I dare hardly attempt that," she replied dolefully, "though I should dearly love doing so.
Aunt Judith: The Story of a Loving Life
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"Who knows?" the Professor replied dolefully.
The Black Box
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'Yes,' she replied dolefully.
Two Summers in Guyenne: A Chronicle of the Wayside and Waterside
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"Not much, I am afraid," Bob replied dolefully, for his height was rather a sore point with him.
Held Fast For England: A Tale of the Siege of Gibraltar (1779-83...
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'No,' I replied dolefully, seeing my chances of shelter diminishing, 'but I shall certainly die if you will not help me to find a hotel.'
Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Volume ...