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plaintively

plaintively adverb: in a plaintive manner.

Adverb

plaintively (comparative more plaintively, superlative most plaintively)

  1. In a plaintive manner.

Forms of plaintively

comparativemore plaintively
superlativemost plaintively

Origin of plaintively

From plaintive + -ly.

Questions about plaintively

What does plaintively mean?
Plaintively means in a plaintive manner.
What part of speech is plaintively?
Plaintively is an adverb.

Words near plaintively in the dictionary

  1. plaintiffs
  2. plaintiffs in error
  3. plaintiffship
  4. plaintiffships
  5. plaintive
  6. plaintively
  7. plaintiveness
  8. plaintless
  9. plaints
  10. Plainview
  11. Plainville

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