Usage of "contritely"

In a rueful manner.

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Examples for "ruefully"

Examples for "ruefully"

Will you stop making guesses and let me talk? she added ruefully. 
 Shadow zone 

Nathan said ruefully, 'We're kind of learning our way around here, sir.' 
 The Long War 

Made me think, because I was like that once,' said Petronius ruefully. 
 The road to rome: a forgotten legion chronicle 

Jacob is ruefully aware that he is way out of her league. 
 Night of knives 

I'd thought ruefully many times, yeah, their task is to haunt me. 
 Priest 

It was, he discovered, past two, and he remorsefully summoned a servant. 
 The Three Black Pennys: A Novel 

And I've done you out of your tea, too, he added remorsefully. 
 The Vision of Desire 

He bent over her upturned face very tenderly and a little remorsefully. 
 Nostromo: A Tale of the Seaboard 

Reluctantly, remorsefully, she opened the drawer and took it out in her hands. 
 What's Bred in the Bone 

But catching the sight of the face of her aunt, she cried remorsefully: 
 The Choir Invisible 

Uso de contritely em inglês

He later contritely admitted to Fox News that he'd gotten it wrong. 
 Ebony 

Charles answered her contritely, repressing the merry twinkle in his eye. 
 Historic Tales: The Romance of Reality. Vol. 04 (of 15), English 

Beryl rode back to Miss Erne's in a contritely humble mood. 
 Red-Robin 

Here Mr. Redbrook stopped abruptly, and glanced contritely at his companion. 
 Project Gutenberg Complete Works of Winston Churchill 

I think we had better go home right away, said Miss Allen contritely. 
 The Flying U's Last Stand 

She paused and looked up at Honora, and added contritely: There! 
 A Modern Chronicle — Volume 06 

Some shrug contritely and others say rhetorically "that is a good question". 
 The Irish Times 

And I admitted contritely that it was horrid of me. 
 Hunger 

I reckoned you knew it, Miss Jinny, Robinson added contritely. 
 The Crisis — Volume 07 

A little hand stole into his, a pair of blue eyes gazed contritely upward. 
 Peggy-Alone 

She turned away from him, but he followed her contritely. 
 The Yoke / A Romance of the Days when the Lord Redeemed the Chil... 

I ought not to do that; I am a selfish, cowardly fellow, cried Andreas, contritely. 
 Andreas Hofer: An Historical Novel 

Grace, interpreting the look, exclaimed contritely: Forgive me, Miriam. 
 Grace Harlowe's First Year at Overton College 

I am sad that what I did was not right, the z'Srauff Ambassador replied contritely. 
 Lone Star Planet 

Britha clutched the alligator jacket contritely to her chest. 
 Pasta Imperfect 

Dodge contritely, an' no wonder, with that there saddle. 
 The Queen of Sheba, and My Cousin the Colonel 

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