With screwed face and doleful whine. --South.
[1913 Webster]
Regions of sorrow, doleful shades. --Milton.
Syn: Piteous; rueful; sorrowful; woeful; melancholy; sad gloomy; dismal; dolorous; woe-begone. -- {Dole"ful*ly}, adv. -- {Dole"ful*ness}, n. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
dolefully — doleful ► ADJECTIVE 1) sorrowful. 2) causing grief or misfortune. DERIVATIVES dolefully adverb. ORIGIN from Old French doel mourning , from Latin dolere grieve … English terms dictionary
dolefully — adverb with sadness; in a sorrowful manner his mother looked at him dolefully when he told her he had joined the Army • Syn: ↑sorrowfully • Derived from adjective: ↑sorrowful (for: ↑sorrowfully), ↑doleful … Useful english dictionary
dolefully adv — 1) I m on social security, said Tom dolefully. 2) I wish that I had no need for government handouts, Tom said dolefully … English expressions
dolefully — adverb see doleful … New Collegiate Dictionary
dolefully — See doleful. * * * … Universalium
dolefully — adverb In a doleful manner Syn: deplorably, dolorously, grievously, lamentably, lugubriously, mournfully, plaintively, regrettably, ruefully … Wiktionary
dolefully — adv. 1448 B … Oldest English Words
dolefully — dole·ful·ly … English syllables
dolefully — See: doleful … English dictionary
doleful — dolefully, adv. dolefulness, n. /dohl feuhl/, adj. sorrowful; mournful; melancholy: a doleful look on her face. [1225 75; ME dol ful. See DOLE2, FUL] * * * … Universalium
