Repiningly
adv
adv ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Adverb
- 1 complainingly; regretfully; ruefully not-comparable
""Once only since my abode in this convent has my heart gone back to the things of its former life; but tenderly—not repiningly."
Example
More examples""Once only since my abode in this convent has my heart gone back to the things of its former life; but tenderly—not repiningly."
Etymology
From repining + -ly.
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