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dolorously

dolorously adverb: in a dolorous manner.

Adverb

dolorously (comparative more dolorously, superlative most dolorously)

  1. In a dolorous manner.

Forms of dolorously

comparativemore dolorously
superlativemost dolorously
alternative formdolourously

Origin of dolorously

From Middle English dolerousely, dolorouxly, dolorusly; equivalent to dolorous + -ly.

Questions about dolorously

What does dolorously mean?
Dolorously means in a dolorous manner.
What part of speech is dolorously?
Dolorously is an adverb.

Words near dolorously in the dictionary

  1. dolorogenic
  2. dolorology
  3. dolorose
  4. doloroso
  5. dolorous
  6. dolorously
  7. dolorousness
  8. dolors
  9. dolos
  10. dolose
  11. dolosely

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