deploringly
- a word derived from deplore.
Example Sentences
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He had always spoken deploringly of that spirit of lawlessness which had given the mountains a bad name.
From The Call of the Cumberlands by Buck, Charles Neville
Mr. Tupman shook his head deploringly, Mr. Snodgrass drew forth his handkerchief, with undisguised emotion; and Mr. Winkle retired to the window, and sniffed aloud.
From The Pickwick Papers by Dickens, Charles
"It must be a very great evil," said Madge, deploringly.
From Dorothy Vernon of Haddon Hall by Major, Charles
Nay, don't shake your head so deploringly; things may be hard without being impossible.
From Barrington Volume II (of II) by Lever, Charles James
"I am sure I wish you would too!" said Tom's wife deploringly to her husband.
From Nobody by Warner, Susan
