mournfully

mournfully
In a mournful manner; as if in mourning for something.

The steamer itself had vanished, but the great scroll of smoke still hung in the air and drooped like a flag mournfully in valediction.


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  • mournfully — adv. Mournfully is used with these verbs: ↑shake …   Collocations dictionary

  • mournfully — mournful ► ADJECTIVE ▪ feeling, showing, or causing sadness or grief. DERIVATIVES mournfully adverb mournfulness noun …   English terms dictionary

  • mournfully — adverb in a mournful manner (Freq. 2) the young man stared into his glass mournfully • Derived from adjective: ↑mournful …   Useful english dictionary

  • Mournfully — Mournful Mourn ful, a. Full of sorrow; expressing, or intended to express, sorrow; mourning; grieving; sad; also, causing sorrow; saddening; grievous; as, a mournful person; mournful looks, tones, loss. {Mourn ful*ly}, adv. {Mourn ful*ness}, n.… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • mournfully — adverb see mournful …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • mournfully — See mournful. * * * …   Universalium

  • mournfully — (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. sorrowfully, regretfully, with sorrow, forlornly; see sadly …   English dictionary for students

  • mournfully — mÉ”rnfÊŠlɪ / mɔːn adv. gloomily; while grieving, with grief, in a mournful manner …   English contemporary dictionary

  • mournfully — mourn·ful·ly …   English syllables

  • mournfully — See: mournful …   English dictionary

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