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dolefully
adverb as in sadly
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adverb as in sorrowfully
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"Our people have been wiped away," Running Crow cried, dolefully, as he rode his frightened pony into the camp.
"My flute that cost me twenty-five pounds only a week since," he wailed dolefully.
"This is a pretty go," said Harry Girdwood, dolefully, as he looked round him.
Dolefully they wished that a sober Lancashire would come to Llanyglo; but—a Lancashire of some sort they must have.
"Not while they have possession of the boys," Canfield declared, dolefully.
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On this page you'll find 16 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to dolefully, such as: wistfully, cheerlessly, dejectedly, dismally, gloomily, and grievously.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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