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dolefully

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.29 in modern English

Syllables
dole-ful-ly
IPA
16
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

In a doleful manner

Etymology

From Middle English dolfully, dolefulliche, deolfulliche, equivalent to doleful + -ly.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

more dolefully (comparative) most dolefully (superlative)

Synonyms

deplorably dolorously grievously lamentably lugubriously mournfully plaintively regrettably ruefully sadly sorrowfully woefully

Questions

What does dolefully mean?
In a doleful manner
Where does dolefully come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

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