dolefully
- a word derived from doleful.
Example Sentences
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“It’s not how I wanted to go out,” he said, dolefully.
From Seattle Times • Nov. 30, 2020
“He took out his wallet,” Boochani concluded dolefully, “and he tried to give me $200.”
From New York Times • Aug. 4, 2020
“After winning a Grand Slam, everyone thinks that you will win all the tournaments and that’s not like this,” she said rather dolefully in a recent interview.
From Reuters • May 23, 2019
“No more Miranda,” her toddler nephew says dolefully in one video, after Ballinger stays in costume for too long backstage.
From The New Yorker • Oct. 12, 2018
“Not well at all,” he replied dolefully, holding out one anna.
From "Nectar in a Sieve" by Kamala Markandaya
