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sorrowfully

ADVERB
regretfully
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Sorrowfully, he dropped a ball on the cartpath and began to putt down the road, over the bridge and finally onto the green—where once on the dance floor, he three-putted for a 66.

From Golf Digest • Apr. 16, 2020

Sorrowfully, Alcorn got word to Adams, then off fishing in Canada, that he was wanted back in Washington.

From Time Magazine Archive

Sorrowfully, he submitted, because, like all Doukhobors, he has forsworn violence even in defense of his rights.

From Time Magazine Archive

Sorrowfully, Jackie Gleason heaved himself upright and looked at Gene Kelly.

From Time Magazine Archive

Sorrowfully they cast loose the funeral boat: there Boromir lay, restful, peaceful, gliding upon the bosom of the flowing water.

From "The Two Towers" by J. R. R. Tolkien




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