Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In a mournful manner; sorrowfully; as one who mourns.
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- adverb In a
mournful manner; as if inmourning for something.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adverb in a mournful manner
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Examples
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Pine needles falling on an empty lawn chair, as you watch mournfully from the window. veggieburger
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The thing that is common to all these people, whether it is Pétain mournfully preaching the discipline of defeat, or Sorel denouncing liberalism, or Berdyaev shaking his head over the Russian Revolution, or Beachcomber delivering side-kicks at Beveridge in the Express, or Huxley advocating non-resistance behind the guns of the American Fleet, is their refusal to believe that human society can be fundamentally improved.
As I Please 1943
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As he spoke, he jingled the coins mournfully in his palm, and gazing upon them with a parental air, exclaimed, --
Paul Clifford — Volume 04 Edward Bulwer Lytton Lytton 1838
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As he spoke, he jingled the coins mournfully in his palm, and gazing upon them with a parental air, exclaimed, --
Paul Clifford — Complete Edward Bulwer Lytton Lytton 1838
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A Christian evangelical friend of mine called mournfully the next mourning to tell me than he'd previously rated Palin at 100 per cent, but after seeing her consorting on SNL with the likes of Alec Baldwin he'd dropped his approval to 75 per cent and would never think about her in the quite the same way again.
Wake Up From Your Slumber - The Truth Will Set You Free 2008
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Just yesterday, I heard the mallard pair that always nests here in spring calling mournfully to eahc other, clearly asking What the?
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Another of the dyheli called mournfully, and the cry cut into his heart.
Winds Of Fate Lackey, Mercedes 1991
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Another of the dyheli called mournfully, and the cry cut into his heart.
Winds Of Fate Lackey, Mercedes 1991
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Many nations before, when in the midst of revolutions, have been called mournfully to learn that there are grades in every society, that rebellions are not always tractable, and that the class which guides their opening rarely controls their close.
The Continental Monthly, Vol 3 No 3, March 1863 Devoted To Literature And National Policy Various
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Golden Gate call mournfully, and boats in the bay go calling their lookout calls, I get this feeling of far-offness from the rest of the world that is very gratifying.
Vignettes of San Francisco Almira Bailey
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