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plaintively

Pronunciation:  'pleyntivlee

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 Definition: [adv]  in a plaintive manner; "the last note of the song rang out plaintively"
 
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 Related Terms: brokenheartedly, complainingly, dolefully, dolorously, fretfully, grieffully, grievously, groaningly, lamentingly, moanfully, mournfully, peevishly, petulantly, querulously, ruefully, sorrowfully, tearfully, wailfully, woefully
 

 

 

 

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