Anne was sitting on the yellow chair by the window gazing mournfully out into the garden.
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Mournfully
//ˈmɔɹnfəli//
Synonyms for "mournfully" (9 found)
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Adverb(1 words)
Related words (4)
Adverb(2 words)
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Sample sentences
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1836, Hans Christian Andersen (translated into English by Mrs. H. B. Paull in 1872), The Little Mermaid "Why have not we an immortal soul?" asked the little mermaid mournfully; "I would give gladly all the hundreds of years that I have to live, to be a human being only for one day, and to have the hope of knowing the happiness of that glorious world above the stars."
Source: wiktionary
The steamer itself had vanished, but the great scroll of smoke still hung in the air and drooped like a flag mournfully in valediction.
Source: wiktionary
So she dared not tell anyone how she felt, but went about mournfully, with a heavy heart.
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