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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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        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
        10
        In the midst of his ruefulness the doctor, a capable-looking man of five and thirty, entered the room.
        Septimus
        11
        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!
        14
        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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