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sorrowfully

sorrowfully adverb: in a sorrowful manner; with sorrow and regret.

Adverb

sorrowfully (comparative more sorrowfully, superlative most sorrowfully)

  1. In a sorrowful manner; with sorrow and regret.
    • They sent a pleasant and refreshing fragrance far around, and shook sorrowfully the leaves of their white flowers over the reflected picture of the landscape in the mirror of the lake, which on all sides was surrounded by pine trees and mossy cliffs.1886, Peter Christen Asbjø￵rnsen, translated by H.L. Brækstad, Folk and Fairy Tales, page 280
    • Sorrowfully Dorothy left the Throne Room and went back where the Lion and the Scarecrow and the Tin Woodman were waiting to hear what Oz had said to her. "There is no hope for me," she said sadly, "for Oz will not send me home until I have killed the Wicked Witch of the West; and that I can never...1900 May 17, L[yman] Frank Baum, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, Chicago, Ill.; New York, N.Y.: Geo[rge] M[elvin] Hill Co., →OCLC

Forms of sorrowfully

comparativemore sorrowfully
superlativemost sorrowfully

Origin of sorrowfully

Inherited from Middle English sorwefully; by surface analysis, sorrowful + -ly.

Questions about sorrowfully

What does sorrowfully mean?
Sorrowfully means in a sorrowful manner; with sorrow and regret.
What part of speech is sorrowfully?
Sorrowfully is an adverb.

Words near sorrowfully in the dictionary

  1. sorrowes
  2. sorrowest
  3. sorroweth
  4. sorrowful
  5. Sorrowful Mother
  6. sorrowfully
  7. sorrowfulness
  8. sorrowfulnesses
  9. sorrowing
  10. sorrowingly
  11. sorrowings

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