sorrowful

I can still remember the letter from Ambrose that the editor triumphantly - sorry, I meant sorrowfully - showed me.
David's Bookclub: Eisenhower in War and Peace|David Frum|December 23, 2012|DAILY BEAST
Romney manages to speak highly and sorrowfully of the freedom agenda, and thus to praise Bush.
Arab Spring Comment Was a Romney Love Letter to the Israeli Right Wing|Michael Tomasky|July 28, 2012|DAILY BEAST
He was a dissident,” Havel told me sorrowfully “before he was a man.
Vaclav Havel Was Torn Between Socialism and Freedom|Geoffrey Robertson|December 22, 2011|DAILY BEAST
"I have told you three times, my son, to shut the gate," said the gentleman sorrowfully.
The Book of Anecdotes and Budget of Fun;|Various

Then she jumped down and sat on the floor, looking at the chair, and mewing sorrowfully.
The Nursery, January 1873, Vol. XIII.|Various
When it was given, he took it sorrowfully up in his arms and carried it away to the waiting troop.
Man And His Ancestor|Charles Morris
"Yes, I'll write," nodded Quentina, backing sorrowfully away.
The Sunbridge Girls at Six Star Ranch|Eleanor H. (Eleanor Hodgman) Porter
"It couldna ha'e been worse," said Jenny Maitland sorrowfully to her next door neighbor.
The Underworld|James C. Welsh

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