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Behind the German lines Eddie learns from the officer that his mother has died and the piece ends with Eddie lachrymosely chanting the Kaddish, Jewish prayer for the dead.

From Time Magazine Archive

You might have thought that Leonora would be just calmly loathing and he lachrymosely contrite.

From The Good Soldier by Ford, Ford Madox

"Eat, drink, and be merry," he counselled lachrymosely, "for to-morrow we may be married."

From Married Life The True Romance by Edginton, May

Yes," say I, lachrymosely; "is not it dreadful?

From Nancy by Broughton, Rhoda