adv
mournfully
Mournfully (adv) means In a sad way, as though grieving over something.
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In a sad way, as though grieving over something.
"So she dared not tell anyone how she felt, but went about mournfully, with a heavy heart."
— , Johanna Spyri (1956)
"The steamer itself had vanished, but the great scroll of smoke still hung in the air and drooped like a flag mournfully in valediction."
— Virginia Woolf (1927)
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What is the meaning of mournfully?
"mournfully" (adv) means in a sad way, as though grieving over something.
What is another word for mournfully?
Other words for "mournfully" include sorrowfully.
