Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Sorrowfully; in a manner to express grief or distress; painfully.
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- adverb In a
dolorous manner.
Etymologies
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Examples
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She nodded dolorously and wrote something on the form.
Shortcut Man P. G. Sturges 2011
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"A pad piziness," the boat-steerer reiterated, dolorously, in the silence which followed.
The Lost Poacher 2010
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She nodded dolorously and wrote something on the form.
Shortcut Man P. G. Sturges 2011
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Mrglik said dolorously, “We could have such chase.”
Agent Q, or The Smell Of Danger! M. T. Anderson 2010
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Mrglik said dolorously, “We could have such chase.”
Agent Q, or The Smell Of Danger! M. T. Anderson 2010
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The story, set in Washington, D.C., in 1963, is told through the exploits of a 13-year-old prep-school student, Adam Stafford; he's played, dolorously, by Cameron Bright.
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Somewhere up in the village, a donkey creaked dolorously into voice.
Wildwood Roger Deakin 2009
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Somewhere up in the village, a donkey creaked dolorously into voice.
Wildwood Roger Deakin 2009
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Mr. Dubster soon came again, saying, somewhat dolorously, 'I have looked high and low for my glove, but I am no nearer.
Camilla 2008
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He then kept an unremitting watch from one window to another, for some passenger from whom he could claim aid; but, much as he had boasted of the numbers perpetually in sight, he now dolorously confessed, that, sometimes, not a soul came near the place for half a day together: 'And, as to my workmen,' continued he, 'the deuce can't make 'em hear if once they begin their knocking and hammering.'
Camilla 2008
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