- a word derived from doleful.
Example Sentences
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Dolefully lyrical, bar a bouncier middle section, it proved as twee as the orchestration implied.
From New York Times • Jul. 17, 2017
Dolefully Leader Watson explained that the Senate had been in continuous session for 16 months and was exhausted.
From Time Magazine Archive
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Dolefully they clumped together in circles like the New Republic and The Nation.
From Time Magazine Archive
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Dolefully he looked at the vacant finger where once a diamond had sparkled.
From The Cross-Cut by Cooper, Courtney Ryley
Dolefully sounds the All Souls' bell from the tower of the convent church.
From The Lancashire Witches A Romance of Pendle Forest by Ainsworth, William Harrison