as in sorrowfully
with feelings of bitterness or grief
cried out mournfully for the son who would never return home from the war
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Recent Examples of mournfully
So is the moment early in the film when Mary mournfully looks on as her long-ago home faces demolition to make room for a big, featureless residential complex.
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Peter Tonguette,
The Washington Examiner,
6 June 2026
Things are getting hot in Kayce's love life, even after the widower mournfully visits the East Camp memorial to his beloved wife, Monica Dutton (Kelsey Asbille).
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Bryan Alexander,
USA Today,
25 May 2026
For their part, Democratic leaders spoke mournfully of limits, of energy shortages, of national decline, of a crisis of confidence itself.
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Rosa Lyster,
Harpers Magazine,
30 Dec. 2025
Based on the Dylan Thomas prose poem of the same name, published in 1952, the film lovingly and mournfully depicts the boyhood Christmastime of an old Welshman, tenderly and a tad mischievously embodied by Elliott.
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Sheldon Pearce,
New Yorker,
21 Nov. 2025
Peter Tonguette,
The Washington Examiner,
6 June 2026
Things are getting hot in Kayce's love life, even after the widower mournfully visits the East Camp memorial to his beloved wife, Monica Dutton (Kelsey Asbille).
—
Bryan Alexander,
USA Today,
25 May 2026
For their part, Democratic leaders spoke mournfully of limits, of energy shortages, of national decline, of a crisis of confidence itself.
—
Rosa Lyster,
Harpers Magazine,
30 Dec. 2025
Based on the Dylan Thomas prose poem of the same name, published in 1952, the film lovingly and mournfully depicts the boyhood Christmastime of an old Welshman, tenderly and a tad mischievously embodied by Elliott.
—
Sheldon Pearce,
New Yorker,
21 Nov. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for mournfully
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Tarun would tease her, and my mother would look sorrowfully toward Kavitha, as if the two of them now shared some womanly burden.
Adverb
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With a goalkeeping howler and a red card, Marcelo Bielsa’s side self-imploded at the end of a bitterly disappointing tournament.
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And the organization’s internal splinter groups, the Soviet-leaning Weatherman Underground and the Maoist-leaning Progressive Labor faction fought each other bitterly.
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Little Debbie Apple Flips Though there are still plenty of Little Debbie classics filling the shelves at Southern grocery stores, and even new arrivals from time to time, there are also sadly some treats that have been discontinued.
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Its co-op is online-only (no couch play, sadly), and the AI companion is your trusty sidekick.
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The Battle of Karbala — where a grandson of the Prophet Mohammad died defying tyranny — feels painfully present for residents of Nabatieh as Israel continues to occupy southern Lebanon.
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Iranian officials are also painfully aware that their country was bombed during previous periods of negotiations with the US since the war that broke out in late February.
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“Mournfully.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mournfully. Accessed 1 Jul. 2026.
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