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Meanings of
ruefully
in English
In a rueful manner.
contritely
remorsefully
Synonyms
Examples for "
contritely
"
contritely
remorsefully
Examples for "
contritely
"
1
He later
contritely
admitted to Fox News that he'd gotten it wrong.
2
Charles answered her
contritely
,
repressing the merry twinkle in his eye.
3
Beryl rode back to Miss Erne's in a
contritely
humble mood.
4
Here Mr. Redbrook stopped abruptly, and glanced
contritely
at his companion.
5
I think we had better go home right away, said Miss Allen
contritely
.
1
It was, he discovered, past two, and he
remorsefully
summoned a servant.
2
And I've done you out of your tea, too, he added
remorsefully
.
3
He bent over her upturned face very tenderly and a little
remorsefully
.
4
Reluctantly,
remorsefully
,
she opened the drawer and took it out in her hands.
5
But catching the sight of the face of her aunt, she cried
remorsefully
:
Usage of
ruefully
in English
1
Will you stop making guesses and let me talk? she added
ruefully
.
2
Nathan said
ruefully
,
'We're kind of learning our way around here, sir.'
3
Made me think, because I was like that once,' said Petronius
ruefully
.
4
Jacob is
ruefully
aware that he is way out of her league.
5
I'd thought
ruefully
many times, yeah, their task is to haunt me.
6
She drew the pot from the stove and
ruefully
carried it outside.
7
He viewed the halfburnt perfecto
ruefully
and filliped it through the window.
8
The other, detecting the amused gleam in her eyes, laughed rather
ruefully
.
9
Dorn smiled
ruefully
,
the faint mist of a sigh in his thought.
10
But it was only a very short time, laughed James Scott
ruefully
.
11
Bart Stirling stood
ruefully
regarding the ruins of the burned express shed.
12
She drew a package from the locker and looked at it
ruefully
.
13
I haven't worked so hard for a long time. She smiled
ruefully
.
14
I've done enough of that, the seven-times race winner told reporters
ruefully
.
15
The farmer, still looking back over his shoulder, smiled a bit
ruefully
.
16
Not that he had been that difficult to distract, Jack admitted
ruefully
.
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Grammar, pronunciation and more
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ruefully
Adverb
Frequent collocations
say ruefully
smile ruefully
look ruefully
think ruefully
laugh ruefully
More collocations
Ruefully
through the time
Ruefully
across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Common