Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

mournfully

/ˈmɔɹnfəli/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.96 in modern English

Syllables: mourn-ful-ly
IPA: /ˈmɔɹnfəli/

18

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

In a mournful manner; as if in mourning for something.

Example Sentences

"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.""
"The steamer itself had vanished, but the great scroll of smoke still hung in the air and drooped like a flag mournfully in valediction."
"So she dared not tell anyone how she felt, but went about mournfully, with a heavy heart."

Etymology

Etymology tree English mournful Middle English -ly English -ly English mournfully From mournful + -ly.

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ˈmɔɹnfəli/

Inflected Forms

more mournfully (comparative) most mournfully (superlative)

Synonyms

sorrowfully ruefully

Rhymes With

scornfully

Questions

How do you pronounce mournfully?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈmɔɹnfəli/.
What does mournfully mean?: In a mournful manner; as if in mourning for something.
Where does mournfully come from?: Etymology tree English mournful Middle English -ly English -ly English mournfully From mournful + -ly.

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