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Significados de ruefulness em inglês

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Sadness associated with some wrong done or some disappointment.

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Uso de ruefulness em inglês
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Once more the lad laughed, this time with comic ruefulness.
Walter and the Wireless
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A smile of enforced ruefulness, like a leaf curling in heat, wrinkled his mouth.
The Egoist: A Comedy in Narrative
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He owned the lure, at last, with a bitter ruefulness.
The Fortieth Door
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She should have been delighted at Armada's failure, but a ruefulness infected even her.
The Scar
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Ah me!'-witha comic ruefulness-'Holtshould be a happy man.'
Cruel Barbara Allen / From Coals Of Fire And Other Stories, Volu...
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With a ruefulness that took him back more than forty years, he dismounted from his horse.
The wandering fire
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Stuart smiled, though with a taint of ruefulness.
The Tyranny of Weakness
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She shook her head with mock ruefulness.
The Sea-Wolf
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The figure shook its head, conveying ruefulness.
Existence
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In the midst of his ruefulness the doctor, a capable-looking man of five and thirty, entered the room.
Septimus
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The black domino laughed with ruefulness.
The Fortieth Door
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He laughed, with sorry ruefulness.
The Palace of Darkened Windows
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He still eyed Drew straightly, but there was a ruefulness rather than hostile defiance in his voice as he asked:
Ride Proud, Rebel!
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His ruefulness changed to a grin when he had the money in his hand, and Bull Hunter rose from the table.
Bull Hunter
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He spoke with a semi-whimsical ruefulness, and, having spoken, he went to the window and stood there with his face to the darkness.
The Way of an Eagle
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Hemmings's characterisation of cheery ruefulness in the face of ageing seems all the more plangent in the light of his own early death.
The Guardian
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Ruefulness ao longo do tempo