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Meanings of say mournfully in English

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Usage of say mournfully in English
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He would lay the reins on the plowhorse's back or his hammer down on the anvil and say mournfully:
Bring the Jubilee
2
We will say mournfully, in the presence of Heaven and Earth,-thatwe stand speechless, stupent, and know not what to say!
Past and Present
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I was going to make him wash the dishes, she said mournfully.
Glenloch Girls
4
She shook her head and said mournfully, Not my mother and brother.
Daniel Deronda
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That would have been better, she said mournfully, with her headache.
Lone eagle
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I was sorry I had spoken, especially when he said mournfully:
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court
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He soon recovered his habitual resignation, and then, turning to Gilbert, said mournfully:
The Truce of God / A Tale of the Eleventh Century
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He sunk into his chair and covered his face, saying mournfully: O, Antony!
The Hallam Succession
9
She breathed; and then said mournfully: Oh what shall I do?
Far from the Madding Crowd
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Charmian timidly lifted the upper layer of the fruit, but the Queen said mournfully:
Cleopatra — Volume 09
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He rubbed it and said mournfully that it didn't matter.
Night gate
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Insensibly he edged his chair somewhat away, and said mournfully,-
"My Novel" — Volume 04
13
Nina, who never could keep pace with him, said mournfully.
Harriet and the Piper
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The Elf embraced her beautiful companion, and said mournfully: Ah!
The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, V...
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I wish I'd done it differently, Kate said mournfully.
Lone eagle
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Ryabovsky wrapped her in his cloak, and said mournfully:
The Wife, and Other Stories
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