sighful
adjective
mournful; sorrowful.
sighfully
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a word derived from
sighful.
Example Sentences
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"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
Then he remembered his overdrawn banking account, and sighfully gave up the idea.
From Septimus by William John Locke
"I s'pose St. Peter is a good 'eal bigger'n Boomtown," she said sighfully, as they neared the "emporium of the sleepy James."
From A Little Norsk; Or, Ol' Pap's Flaxen by Hamlin Garland
At last she rose and went sighfully at work.
From Wayside Courtships by Hamlin Garland
"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
