Repiningly

adv

adv ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adverb
  1. 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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