mournfully
/ˈmɔɹnfəli/
mournfully adverb: in a mournful manner; as if in mourning for something.
Adverb
mournfully (comparative more mournfully, superlative most mournfully)
- In a mournful manner; as if in mourning for something.
- "Why have not we an immortal soul?" asked the little mermaid mournfully; "I would give gladly all the hundreds of years that I have to live, to be a human being only for one day, and to have the hope of knowing the happiness of that glorious world above the stars."1836, Hans Christian Andersen (translated into English by Mrs. H. B. Paull in 1872), The Little Mermaid
- The steamer itself had vanished, but the great scroll of smoke still hung in the air and drooped like a flag mournfully in valediction.1927 May, Virginia Woolf, chapter 10, in To the Lighthouse (Uniform Edition of the Works of Virginia Woolf), new edition, London: Leonard and Virginia Woolf at the Hogarth Press, […], published 1930...
- Synonyms:
- sorrowfully, ruefully
Synonyms of mournfully
Forms of mournfully
| comparative | more mournfully |
|---|---|
| superlative | most mournfully |
Origin of mournfully
From mournful + -ly.
Words that rhyme with mournfully
Questions about mournfully
- What does mournfully mean?
- Mournfully means in a mournful manner; as if in mourning for something.
- What part of speech is mournfully?
- Mournfully is an adverb.
- How do you pronounce mournfully?
- Mournfully is pronounced /ˈmɔɹnfəli/ (US).
Words near mournfully in the dictionary
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