sighful
adjective
mournful; sorrowful.
sighfully
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a word derived from
sighful.
Example Sentences
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"People will say anything, true or untrue," said I. My aunt sighfully acquiesced, and for a while we discussed the depravity of human nature.
From The Morals of Marcus Ordeyne : a Novel by William John Locke
"They are so material," she said, sighfully; "they make spiritual growth impossible to me."
From The Captain of the Gray-Horse Troop by Hamlin Garland
A woman at his side said sighfully, "There is that consumptive girl again, she hasn't long to stay."
From The Spirit of Sweetwater by Hamlin Garland
Silence a moment while Aunt Saxon pondered tearfully and sighfully, then: "Willie, is it the tooth ache?"
From The City of Fire by Grace Livingston Hill
"My horse—I had forgotten him!" said I. And then, as she stirred sighfully, I stooped and kissed her, ere, loosing her, I rose.
From Peregrine's Progress by Jeffery Farnol
