dolefully
In sad manner
Dolefully means in a mournful or sorrowful manner, expressing sadness or grief: She stared dolefully out the rain-streaked window.
The word suggests a visible, sometimes exaggerated display of melancholy rather than quiet suffering: He dolefully announced that the trip was canceled.
In a grieving way
- sorrowfullyIn a mourning way
- tearfullyWhile shedding tears
- bereavedDeprived by death
- heartbrokenOverwhelmed with grief
grieving · keening · weeping · anguished · inconsolable · lamenting · woebegone · forlorn
In a sorrowful manner
- wistfullyWith pensive longing
- pensivelyIn a reflective manner
- despondentlyIn a hopeless manner
- gloomilyIn a dejected manner
dismally · dejectedly · downheartedly · crestfallen · blue · downcast · heavy-hearted · lugubriously
With sorrowful regret
- remorsefullyWith sorrowful self-reproach
- apologeticallyIn a sorry manner
- contritelyWith guilt and regret
- repentantlyWith sincere regret
guiltily · ashamedly · penitently · sheepishly · chagrined · hangdog · abashed · conscience-stricken
In a wretched manner
- patheticallyIn a pitiful way
- wretchedlyIn abject misery
- pitiablyIn wretched manner
- miserablyIn wretched fashion
lamentably · deplorably · tragically · heartrendingly · grievously · distressingly · woefully · afflicted
mournfully
In a grieving way
- sorrowfullyIn a mourning way
- tearfullyWhile shedding tears
- bereavedDeprived by death
heartbroken · grieving · keening · weeping · anguished · inconsolable · lamenting · woebegone · forlorn · desolate
sadly
In a sorrowful manner
- wistfullyWith pensive longing
- pensivelyIn a reflective manner
- despondentlyIn a hopeless manner
gloomily · dismally · dejectedly · downheartedly · crestfallen · blue · downcast · heavy-hearted · lugubriously · somberly
ruefully
With sorrowful regret
- remorsefullyWith sorrowful self-reproach
- apologeticallyIn a sorry manner
- contritelyWith guilt and regret
repentantly · guiltily · ashamedly · penitently · sheepishly · chagrined · hangdog · abashed · conscience-stricken · compunctious
pitifully
In a wretched manner
- patheticallyIn a pitiful way
- wretchedlyIn abject misery
- pitiablyIn wretched manner
miserably · lamentably · deplorably · tragically · heartrendingly · grievously · distressingly · woefully · afflicted · piteous
dolefullyjoyfully
With great pleasure
happily · cheerfully · cheerily · gleefully · merrily
dolefullyhopefully
With optimistic expectation
optimistically · confidently · expectantly · brightly · sanguinely
dolefullymirthfully
With lighthearted amusement
laughingly · gaily · playfully · jauntily · sportively