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repiningly

repiningly adverb: complainingly; regretfully; ruefully.

Adverb

repiningly (not comparable)

  1. complainingly; regretfully; ruefully
    • "Once only since my abode in this convent has my heart gone back to the things of its former life; but tenderly—not repiningly.1834, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], Francesca Carrara. […], volume I, London: Richard Bentley, […], (successor to Henry Colburn), →OCLC, pages 201–202

Origin of repiningly

From repining + -ly.

Questions about repiningly

What does repiningly mean?
Repiningly means complainingly; regretfully; ruefully.
What part of speech is repiningly?
Repiningly is an adverb.

Words near repiningly in the dictionary

  1. repiners
  2. repines
  3. repinest
  4. repineth
  5. repining
  6. repiningly
  7. repinings
  8. repinique
  9. repiniques
  10. repinned
  11. repinning

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