regretfulness

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Occasionally, welcome self-incrimination creeps into the schematic monologues, as exemplified by the arrogance of a hedge fund manager, or the regretfulness of a publicist, who has given his life over to feeding egos.

From Washington Post • Sep. 7, 2021

There was a slight regretfulness in her voice which had its meaning for him.

From The Long Portage by Bindloss, Harold

And when they had drunk the wine their sorrowful memories went from them, and they spoke to each other without regretfulness.

From The Adventures of Odysseus and The Tales of Troy by Pogany, Willy

"I am sorry if I have hurt yours, sir," replied Donald, standing still, with a second expression of the same sentiment in the regretfulness of his face.

From The Mayor of Casterbridge by Hardy, Thomas

And to this was added an indefinable fear, now when the irrevocable separation confronted her; the thought that she was to leave her home was tinged with a vague sense of regretfulness, of impalpable foreboding.

From Shallow Soil by Hyllested, Carl Christian