plaintively

POS

Adverb

HYPHEN

plain=tive=ly

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Adverbial plaintively has 1 sense

plaintively(r = adv.all) Array - in a plaintive manner; "the last note of the song rang out plaintively"

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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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