- wailfully
- adverb see wailful
New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.
wailfully
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wailfully — See wailful. * * * … Universalium
wailfully — adv. lamentingly, mournfully … English contemporary dictionary
wailfully — wail·ful·ly … English syllables
wailfully — adverb see wailful … Useful english dictionary
wailful — wailfully, adv. /wayl feuhl/, adj. mournful; plaintive. [1535 45; WAIL + FUL] * * * … Universalium
wailful — adjective Date: 1544 1. uttering a sound suggestive of wailing 2. expressing grief or pain ; sorrowful, mournful < a wailful cry > • wailfully adverb … New Collegiate Dictionary
plaintively — Synonyms and related words: brokenheartedly, complainingly, dolefully, dolorously, fretfully, grieffully, grievously, groaningly, lamentingly, moanfully, mournfully, peevishly, petulantly, querulously, ruefully, sorrowfully, tearfully, wailfully … Moby Thesaurus
wailful — /ˈweɪlfəl/ (say waylfuhl) adjective mournful; plaintive. –wailfully, adverb …
wailful — [wālfəl] adj. 1. wailing; sorrowful 2. like, or giving forth, a wail or cry of sorrow wailfully adv … English World dictionary
