grieve
verb (used without object)
to feel grief or great sorrow.
grievingly
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a word derived from
grieve.
Example Sentences
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His lips quivered; he looked up grievingly: ‘And I shall not see my mother.’
From Nurse and Spy in the Union Army The Adventures and Experiences of a Woman in Hospitals, Camps, and Battle-Fields by S. Emma E. Edmonds
Meridiana, with graceful pity, begs his acceptance of a jewel, and recommends him to go home with his army; to which he grievingly consents.
From Stories from the Italian Poets: with Lives of the Writers, Volume 1 by Dante Alighieri
Her little lip began to quiver, then it curled grievingly; and, falling over, she hid her face against her mother and began sobbing.
From Married Life; Its Shadows and Sunshine by T. S. (Timothy Shay) Arthur
The requiem ceased, and the tinker looked grievingly into his hat.
From All on the Irish Shore Irish Sketches by E. Oe. (Edith Oenone) Somerville
The windows were all open, and the sound of the breeze that flapped the casement and the far-away lowing of a cow were very pleasant—indeed, almost grievingly pleasant.
From Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Volume 22. October, 1878. by Various
