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sorrowingly

sorrowingly adverb: while sorrowing; sorrowfully, woefully.

Adverb

sorrowingly (comparative more sorrowingly, superlative most sorrowingly)

  1. While sorrowing; sorrowfully, woefully.

Forms of sorrowingly

comparativemore sorrowingly
superlativemost sorrowingly

Origin of sorrowingly

From sorrowing + -ly.

Questions about sorrowingly

What does sorrowingly mean?
Sorrowingly means while sorrowing; sorrowfully, woefully.
What part of speech is sorrowingly?
Sorrowingly is an adverb.

Words near sorrowingly in the dictionary

  1. Sorrowful Mother
  2. sorrowfully
  3. sorrowfulness
  4. sorrowfulnesses
  5. sorrowing
  6. sorrowingly
  7. sorrowings
  8. sorrowless
  9. sorrowlessness
  10. sorrowly
  11. sorrows

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