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sorrowfully

sor·row·fully

uncommon

adverb

1.
2.

with sadness; in a sorrowful manner

  • “his mother looked at him dolefully when he told her he had joined the Army”
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Origin

Inherited from Middle English sorwefully; by surface analysis, sorrowful + -ly.

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