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dolente

/ dɒˈlɛntɪ /

adjective

  1. music (to be performed) in a sorrowful manner
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Example Sentences

Dole and dolent are doubtless the exact counterparts of dolore and dolente, so far as mere etymology can go.

Even here the former separate motive sounds, and so in the further turn of the song (espressivo dolente) on new thread.

Here and there a tinge of foreshadowing pain appears, as the song sounds on high, espressivo dolente.

Whereupon, says Philippe de Commines, retourna cette pauvre demoiselle, bien dolente et descomforte.

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