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plaintively
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Adverbial plaintively has 1 sense
THESAURUS
plaintively
brokenheartedly, complainingly, dolefully, dolorously, fretfully, grieffully, grievously, groaningly, lamentingly, moanfully, mournfully, peevishly, petulantly, querulously, ruefully, sorrowfully, tearfully, wailfully, woefully
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