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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun The quality or state of being rueful.

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  • noun The property of being rueful.

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  • noun sadness associated with some wrong done or some disappointment

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  • She looked at us with charming ruefulness. -Charlaine Harris, Living Dead in Dallas

    December 11, 2010